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Leaderboard's Andrew Wild and Neal Granville offer some tips and advice on getting round the course - without taking all day.

Bad chipping and pitching can be very frustrating, and of course it can ruin your golf scores even if your long game is good. 
The Power Tee system has a ball counting mechanism on it. As it brings up another ball, on the screen it'll tell me how many balls I've hit. That can work to our advantage in many ways.
To be a complete golfer, you need to practice all the shots you're going to face on the golf course. I was just playing a nice little punch shot there into a windy condition.
One of the things golf pros don't really have to worry about is the distance they're standing from the golf ball. The reason is that it's literally thousands and thousands of balls of practice, so they intuitively know how far to stand from the golf ball, regardless of the club they're using.
Is this practice session familiar to you? It is to me. I've seen it hundreds of times walking along golf ranges, people just rushing through shots, trying to get a good shot to go. As a result they rush, and they think that by going quicker it's going to help. 
Throughout the ages in golf coaching and in golf practice, the way we hold the golf club - the golf grip - has always been considered one of the most important factors.
With modern technology, getting the tee at just the right height can make all the difference to giving you the maximum power. Plus, I know many of you like to experiment and hit different shots, especially the stinger shot that Tiger Woods likes to play. Again, the tee height is critical.
If you suffer from a slice, we can show you an exercise with the Power Tee that really will help.
One of the ways the Power Tee system can help you is to get you into the flow state. That means when you're at the golf ball, not spending too much time thinking about it.
The swing path is one of the biggest influences on how you're going to control the golf ball.
Justin Barnes, Director of Golf at The Oxfordshire Golf Hotel and Spa, takes you through lining up and executing the perfect putt.
Neal Granville, director of golf at Sandford Springs Golf Club, demonstrates a great drill to help you improve your short game.
Neal Granville has a great tip for getting out of a tricky situation on the course.
The most important thing in short game play is to get the ball as close to the hole as possible regardless of the shot. But how do you figure out the best short play shot to hit?
Watch the Chairman's trick shot - good for right-handed golfers who find their ball stuck between themselves and a tree!
Neal Granville, PGA Professional and Director of Golf at Sandford Springs in Hampshire, shows you how to make those terrifying downhill putts!
Andrew Wild, general manager and PGA Professional at Sandford Springs Golf Club, shows us his top tip to stay calm under pressure when putting.
Leaderboard's Sandford Springs Golf Club director and PGA Professional, Neal Granville, tells us we should simplifying putting distances into weight and size.
Some of the world's best players are left handed - including Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson and Mike Weir. Learning to play in this way is no disadvantage.

It is understood that around 10-30% of people are left handed. In general, most people have a certain degree of ambidextrousness and therefore can play the game either way. Normally, it’s good to try and see what you feel comfortable with. If you have just got started and you are really having issues getting to grips with the mechanics on one side, the best thing to do is try and hold a left handed club with a supervised grip at your local pro store to see whether or not you feel more comfortable.
Improving any aspect of your game starts with getting the basics right, so when it comes to obtaining a near-perfect swing you first need to consider your setup position.
Learning to draw the ball with a true sense of control is probably one of the hardest skills for a right-handed golfer to master. Because of the natural inclination of right handers to draw the ball naturally, over-emphasising can produce disastrous results.
Using your hands correctly is one of the most fundamental things you can do to help improve your game - it's your only connection with the club and the way that you place your hands and the amount of pressure you use will always directly affect how you hit the ball. There are a few different ways that you can hold the club, so we've outlined three of the most common ones.

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