PLAY A BIT BELOW PAR -BUT NOT THE PROGRAM
I'VE never played golf and, having had a go at Squirrel Software's
game Supergolf, it's unlikely that I ever will.
Not that it's a bad game, in fact it's very good. For your money
you get an 18 hole course, a score card and a set of golf clubs.
Also, if you're as bad at it as me, you get humiliated into
the bargain.
You see, no matter which club I choose from the set of nine
irons, I can't get it right.
I've tried all the different strengths of swing (from one to
99) and I still can't judge it.
My ball has a terrible affinity for the bunkers or, even worse,
water. And my putting is agonising to watch.
Nor does it improve matters when I get a scorecard at the end
of each hole telling me how far below par I am.
It's an interesting game for up to four players, well conceived
and well worth playing.
Yet, terrible though I was at it, Supergolf remained fun and
left me wanting to play again. Enough said?
Nigel Peters
