Lessons

I mean, you're likely going to get much more out of a 9 hole playing lesson. Longer, more parts of your game, realistic situations. But what's that cost?

9 hole lesson should be 2 hours. If it's done right, you won't be hitting just a single shot/putt at a time. I'd take that one easily.

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do you tip the instructor afterwards? What's "decent human" protocol??

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It's not necessary or expected. He's setting his own price even with the groupon deal.

Are you losing strokes or hitting it bad?

Depends on what you're working on...swing mechanics or on-course decision making.

Just starting out you need a range lesson. No reason to learn course management with bad habits.

I agree that the range lessons will benefit you more at this time. I also think there is a lot of value in a playing lesson. Course management is just one part of a playing lesson. The one thing that benefited me the most when I did a playing lesson was alignment when your on the course. It's easy to be aligned correctly at the range because of the reference lines\points you have available to you. I was at a point where I was striking it well, but not hitting a lot of greens. After my playing lesson, my cone of error shrunk significantly.

I doubt it's a good playing lesson at the price tbh.

Pointe Venture CC

This was the guy giving lessons. I got range lesson. Great experience and he helped me a lot. Now I have to improve.

Naw most young teachers are fresh off the teaching manual so they are good on range.