Short game & putting · Ravenspark Golf Course
Short game & putting lessons
Most shots in a round are hit from inside 100 yards, and most wasted ones are too. Chipping, pitching, bunkers and putting are where a handicap actually comes down — and they are the part of the game Ronnie has spent forty years teaching at Ravenspark.
What a short game lesson covers
Chipping and the bump-and-run
The shot that saves the most strokes around a Scottish course. Simple, repeatable contact rather than the flicked wedge that goes thin or fat.
Pitching and distance control
Learning what a half swing and a three-quarter swing actually carry, so you stop guessing from 40 and 60 yards.
Bunkers, without the fear
Most golfers avoid practising bunkers because nobody ever showed them the basic technique. One session usually changes that for good.
Putting: pace before line
Almost every three-putt is a pace problem, not a read problem. Ronnie starts there, then works on a stroke you can repeat under pressure.
Why the short game is the cheapest way to score better
Adding twenty yards to a drive takes months. Stopping the three-putts and the duffed chips takes a few sessions. If you are shooting in the 90s or 100s, this is almost always where the quickest improvement is hiding.
- Roughly two thirds of your shots happen inside 100 yards
- Short game costs nothing to practise — no range fees, no new clubs
- It travels: good chipping works on any course, in any weather
- It is the part most amateurs never get taught properly
How it is taught
No launch monitors, no video rigs, no jargon. A few balls, the practice green and a quiet corner of Ravenspark, and a coach watching what your ball actually does. You will leave with one or two things to work on, not a list of twelve.
- Plain English, no technical overload
- Drills you can do on any patch of grass
- Focused on your actual misses, not a textbook model
Common questions
Want to stop leaking shots around the green?
Tell Ronnie what your usual miss is — the thin chip, the three-putt, the bunker you can never get out of — and he will tell you which lesson suits. Based at Ravenspark Golf Course in Irvine.