Golf School Archives - Black Butte Ranch

8 09, 2018

Pro tip: Lag putting on downhill putts comes down to adjusting your target

Pro tip: Lag putting on downhill putts comes down to adjusting your target https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHWa7ZW1PSM Black Butte Ranch pro Dan McCleery says by envisioning a hole closer than in reality, you set yourself up for a 2-putt Few frustrations in golf linger longer than failing to convert par after hitting a green in regulation with a quality shot. Yet, when an amateur golfer is faced with quick greens or a downhill putt — or even more dreaded, a downhill putt on fast greens — so often they make a mistake by being far too aggressive on their first putt. [...]

16 08, 2018

Pro Tip: Hitting a lob shot comes down to a few simple steps

Hitting a lob shot comes down to a few simple steps https://youtu.be/bhEHF7Ivc-4 Black Butte Ranch pro shares secret to hitting a lofted pitch shot that will save you strokes As amateurs, we can waste so many shots around the green. We tend to chunk our chips, or hit a little pitch thin. And so few of us can put enough backspin on a ball to keep it from rolling well past an intended target. Amateurs also tend to fear hitting a lofted pitch shot — better known as the lob shot — even when a high-arching shot that lands [...]

28 07, 2016

Coming in August: A parent-child bonding experience like none other
Coming in August: A parent-child bonding experience like none other

Coming in August: A parent-child bonding experience like none other

Golf has stood the test of time in large part because the game has been for generations passed on from father to son and mother to daughter like a sacred family heirloom. That spirit of bonding is baked into the game itself, a vital ingredient for golf’s future. It is in this vein that years ago Black Butte Ranch created the Adult/Child Three-Day Golf Schools. Open to golfers of all abilities, the schools are designed for a young golfer to share the learning experience with a parent. There may be no better bonding experience. With three sessions in August [...]

16 06, 2015

Golf a healthy activity for juniors
Golf a healthy activity for juniors

Golf a healthy activity for juniors

School is officially out, which means Black Butte Ranch will soon be teeming with families. Why not use this summer and Black Butte Ranch’s three-day junior golf camps to get the kids going in a game that can be enjoyed for a lifetime?From age 8 to 80 anyone can fall in love with golf. Really, there is no other game quite like it in that way. This, of course, is what attracts so many of us to this game, even though it seems to take MORE than a lifetime to master.But golf is made easier when a player picks up [...]