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This is not a game to play in the odd half-hour. For starters, the instruction and outline of the sport must be loaded and read (20 pages), followed by the game proper - a cumulatively long process. Such is the handicap for a complex sophisticated program.

The user may choose how long the course is to be; whether to have an opponent; or whether to load in a part-completed game. As the program grades the handicap, this should be retained and entered next time round. The computer generates each hole as needed along with the status readouts containing wind speed and direction, distance to green, etc. The player selects club, direction and force of shot from a graphic display.

Plan or 3D view of the course can be altered at will to monitor progress (the program also supplies its own comments on your performance!). The green is shown in close-up to facilitate putting. After each hole, the score card is updated, with a new handicap allocated at the finish.

The only sound effects are a musical scale to indicate the trajectory of the ball whilst the graphics are naturally repetitive. A program to meander through - not therefore suitable for action afficionados, but great value.