Conditions report: Courses springing to life as weather warms
The striping on Big Meadow No. 5 is really beginning to show. Spring has officially grabbed hold here in Central Oregon. And with each passing day the golf courses at Black Butte Ranch spring back to life. For the maintenance crew at Black Butte Ranch there are few sweeter views than both Big Meadow and Glaze Meadow beginning to return to their peak-season glory. “You can actually see the striping in the fairway out there,” Phil Lagao, Black Butte Ranch’s longtime superintendent, said of Big Meadow. “It’s starting to come back to life and look like a golf course [...]