Ron started playing golf at the age of four. Growing up in Yakima, he played junior golf through his teens and was a member of the AAA State High School Championship Golf Team his senior year. He played four years of college golf at Central Washington University where he also played basketball.

Ron comes to Interbay having been the Head Professional at Fairwood Golf and Country Club for seven years and the First Assistant at Overlake Golf and Country Club the three preceding years. He became a Class "A" PGA Professional in 1990 and has always taken pride in his teaching accomplishments. He has worked successfully with several Nike and satellite tour players, top adult and junior amateur players and countless golfers who wished to improve their golf games.

Before coming to Interbay and the Colbert/Ballard Golf School, Ron’s own teaching philosophy paralleled the beliefs of Jimmy Ballard. It has been very easy for him to embrace our Golf School’s teaching methods. Ron has an innate ability to present vivid and understandable examples that enable students of all levels to understand and duplicate the mechanics of the golf swing. His patience and demeanor allow his students to feel comfortable and at ease in their golf experience.