Renovated course at Oregon Property set to reopen in spring of 2012.

Black Butte Ranch has announced completion of design changes and grassing for the $3.5 million renovation of its Glaze Meadow Golf Course inside the gates of the 1,251-home vacation and golf destination in central Oregon.

Property owners “are very excited and enthusiastic about the completion of the grassing and renovation project,” said Scott Huntsman, President and CEO. “We will continue the grow-in process the balance of this summer and plan to open the new Glaze Meadow Golf Course in the spring of 2012.”

John Fought, President of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based John Fought Design, was selected to lead the design efforts for the project.

The comprehensive renovation of the Glaze Meadow Course has included a new irrigation system, the redesign and reconstruction of all new green complexes, reconstruction and repositioning of tee boxes, the addition and reshaping of several fairway and greenside bunkers, resurfacing and rerouting of cart paths, and thinning of trees that encroached on play over the past few years. In addition, major improvements are being made to Glaze Meadow’s practice facility.

The Glaze Meadow Golf Course is being extended from 6,574 yards to 7,079 from the championship tees through the project, and will play to a par of 72.  The golf course provides five sets of teeing areas providing lengths from 5,000 to over 7,000 yards for players of all levels.

Black Butte Ranch is a family golf destination in Central Oregon eight miles west of Sisters, Oregon. The Ranch offers 36 holes of golf, vacation rentals, dining and numerous recreation activities including spa, golf, tennis, biking, swimming, fishing, horse rides, running, skiing and snowshoeing and other recreational pursuits.