Golf can be the most solitary of games, often played as much between the ears as on the course. But golf is also typically best shared, making the game a paradox of sorts. Those who prefer their golf with a little companionship will be in luck in August at Black Butte Ranch, which will host a slew of golf events and learning programs in the month ahead that double as special bonding opportunities. This includes Black Butte Ranch’s Adult/Child Three-Day Golf Schools, which are open to golfers of all abilities and are designed for a young golfer to share [...]

Not just any golf course gets to host an Oregon Amateur Championship. Black Butte Ranch is proud that is among the chosen few as it gets set to host the 107th Oregon Amateur next week, and Glaze Meadow ready to challenge the very best men and women players in Oregon.This marks just the third time the state’s oldest and most prestigious championship will be played in Central Oregon, and the first time it has ever been played at a Central Oregon course not named Bend Golf and Country Club. The tournament tees off Monday with the first of two rounds [...]

This is crunch time for the maintenance staff at Black Butte Ranch. The 107th Oregon Amateur Championship — which will be played June 20-25 at Glaze Meadow — is just days away. And the Oregon Am will bring together the finest golfers in the state for a single-elimination match-play tournament that is the state’s oldest. That means superintendent Phil Lagao and his crew are awfully busy pouring over Glaze Meadow to make sure that every detail of the course is just right. The crew always welcomes the challenge. “I like tournament prep,” Lagao said. “It gives focus to the [...]

Nothing else is quite like an individual stroke-play golf tournament. The pressure of having to go it alone when every stroke counts is only matched by the exhilaration felt by playing well under such conditions.With this in mind, two years ago Black Butte Ranch created The Battle at the Butte Individual Championship, a 36-hole stroke-play championship that will be held for the third consecutive year Oct. 2-4 at both Glaze Meadow and Big Meadow.At stake is a chance to go it alone while taking on top-notch players from around the state.“The tournament was fashioned off the Mirror Pond Invitational (Central [...]