August 2016 - Page 2 of 2 - Black Butte Ranch

Black Butte Ranch hosting free SNAG classes on Aug. 5 and 19 at Lakeside Activity Center

Black Butte Ranch’s SNAG (Starting New At Golf) program has really started to take off since we first began to offer it last summer. It started quietly, first occasionally being offered in the Lakeside Activity Center. Earlier this year, Black Butte Ranch’s staff of golf professionals took the program on the road to the children of Sisters Elementary School. And we have also began introducing SNAG each Thursday at Glaze Meadow to the kids at the Junior Putting Challenge. But that is just not enough for our tastes. At noon on Friday, Aug. 5, the first of two August [...]

Battle at the Butte’s new team format a nod to growing trend in golf

Two-person team event tees off on Aug. 27 at Black Butte Ranch Quick question: What is your favorite professional golf tournament? Perhaps it’s the rich tradition of The Masters, the sheer brutality of the U.S. Open, or the rugged links conditions of the British Open. For others, it just might be The Ryder Cup. After all, nothing generates more passion in golf than competing for country as part of a team. Well, Black Butte Ranch can’t quite offer the experience of playing for your country. But with a new 36-hole, two-person team format, the 2016 Battle at the Butte [...]