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James Ridyard

European and PGA Tour coach specialising in the short game. Goal of the channel is to provide simple ways to improve your scoring game while also answering questions via research. You'll also see the odd tour player pop up attempting one of the variety of practice challenges I use in their training. Let me know what you want to see!

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Total views

2.8M

Upload cadence

irregular

Specialty

Instruction · By topic depth

• Instruction
• Short Game
• Putting
• Data Driven
• Advanced Focus
• PGA Professional
• Male Creator
• UK Based
• Rising (10K-50K)
• Rising · 10K–100K

• @UCcWGCb2Fa6tqu4I_R1U6VXw

01 / About

The version short

AI-summarized · last reviewed Jan 2026

James Ridyard is a PGA Advanced Fellow and European/PGA Tour coach specializing in short game instruction and data-driven golf improvement.

His YouTube channel provides simple, research-backed methods to improve your scoring game, featuring practice challenges used by tour players. Based in London, James combines professional credentials with accessible teaching to help golfers lower their scores around the green.

At a glance · AI summary

Best for

Breaking 85 → 80

Teaching style

Data Driven

Pace

irregular

02 / What they make

The content mix

• Instruction
• Equipment Review

03 / Topic depth

Where they go deep

Strongest in Short Game and Putting.

We score each creator across eight topics by the share of their content that lands in each. The bars below sort their deepest coverage areas — useful if you're trying to fix one specific thing.

1. Short Game
2. Putting
3. Golf Tech
4. Course Mgmt
5. Mental Game

05 / Latest uploads

From the channel

• You Will Always Lose Shots From The Rough, Until You Learn This

  14:13

• This Bunker Technique Proved Them All Wrong

  9:17

• We've Measured Thousands of Chip Shots. These 3 Things Matter

  5:43

• Tight Lies Expose this Fatal Chipping Mistake

  5:49

• The New Chipping Technique Making Amateurs Look Like Tour Pros 4K

  8:28

• The Simple Bunker Method — Tested on Every Horrible Lie

  9:58

06 / Vertical

Shorts and hits quick

• Of the 3 death moves, this is the one hardly anyone talks about… And it may cost more shots than · 4K views
• Everyone tells you to stand open in the short game · 12K views
• This one move ruins a lot of chip shots: Getting lower into impact · 7K views
• Most golfers are taught to use the bounce with a wedge · 2K views
• The coin drill is simple — but incredibly revealing · 4K views
• Is it Technique, Skill or Performance holding your short game back? Comment “quiz” below and find · 3K views
• Most golfers don’t have a practice problem · 1K views
• If you struggle to control the ball around the green, you may not lack technique… You may lack · 7K views
• Always a pleasure toddclementsgolf #projectpgatourcard · 2K views
• 27 YEARS of yips… GONE in 27 MINUTES 😳 Sounds impossible — until you understand low point · 3K views
• Prep done, now time to sit back and watch the show · 408 views
• ⛳ Most golfers get this wrong when chipping… they obsess over the ball · 3K views

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