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You lucky, lucky, Sega-owning golf fans! No longer need you worry about looking a prat, strutting around the municipal golf course in a pair of silly trousers. Great Golf features just about everything the Sunday golfer could want from a computer simulation of the sport, all portrayed in a 3D format, similar to the popular Leaderboard games.

Up to four players can participate in a stroke or match play game, each choosing their own clubs from a set of fourteen, then after a plan of the course is displayed, you're plonked at the tee on the first hole.

At the left of the screen is a plan of the hole, showing the fairway, the green and any trees, water hazards and sand traps between you and the cup. To the right of this is the 3D view from behind your golfer, which is swiftly redrawn at every stroke. This is a very impressive piece of graphics programming which creates a very pleasing view down the course towards the hole, select the strength of shot. Unfortunately, the bar moves a little quickly making short shorts rather difficult to control.

Judging from the distance to the cup, you then select your club, your golfer's stance (effectively choosing a hook or slice shot), point him in the right direction and swing, using a rising bar to [some text missing].

Sound is used nicely, with some decent swoosh and plop effects, the odd jingle, and a few pieces of speech.

The little extras all add up to make a pretty good game of golf, certainly one which should please the armchair Ballesteroses out there. Gamers whose interests lie closer to the mainstream should consider whether this sort of game is going to hold their interest long enough to warrant £23 expenditure.