Junior Golf 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. [...]

26 07, 2018

Initiatives to grow the game are beginning to show positive effect at Black Butte Ranch and beyond

Not long ago the golf industry was collectively trying to figure out a way to reconnnect the game to a younger generation that seemed to be all but ignoring it. Efforts like the PGA of America’s Golf 2.0 initiative — unveiled in 2011 — were launched at golf facilities worldwide aimed at making the game more user-friendly. Years later, that effort continues. But progress is being made. In 2017, golf welcomed a record number of first-time players by introducing 2.6 million beginners to the game, according to the National Golf Foundation’s Golf Industry Report. It was the fourth year [...]

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 [...]

18 04, 2015

Kids finding fun on Black Butte Ranch putting greens
Kids finding fun on Black Butte Ranch putting greens

Kids finding fun on Black Butte Ranch putting greens

Spend enough time around golf and inevitably someone will advise a player that spending more practice time around the greens is a key to success. Among the ongoing golf initiatives is finding ways to improve the general play of golfers, both young and old. The quickest way for beginners to do this, of course, is by improving on the greens. This is at least part of why Black Butte Ranch designed its weekly Junior Putting Challenge, held every Thursday at Glaze Meadow. “People don’t realize putting is where you can really improve your game,” says Bill Mitchell, a lifetime PGA [...]