Jack Nicklaus: Golf My Way II-Playing the Game (Worldvision,
$84.95)
Certainly, Jack's way is the best way, and that alone is
enough to recommend this tape, despite the price. It runs more than
two hours and covers everything — not that you'll remember it all. One
flaw: The tape is crammed with plugs for courses designed by Nicklaus
himself. B+
PGA Tour Golf (IVE, $19.95 each)
This three-tape series features
five top pros (Hal Sutton, Craig Stadler, Lanny Wadkins, Payne
Stewart, and Tom Kite), each discussing his specialty. None, however,
is especially articulate, and several end up repeating or — even
worse — contradicting each other. C+
The Bobby Jones Instructional Series: The Full Swing(Sybervision, $69.95)
Never mind the high-tech instructions of
others, I'll take the 50-year-old footage of this Southern gentleman
with the hickory-shaft clubs. Jones was a sports legend (he retired
at 28 with 13 major titles) and one memorable shot brings it all
back: On a dare, Jones takes aim and drives a shot through a camera
lens from about 50 yards away. A
Billy Casper: Golf Like a Pro (Morris Video, $14.95)
Casper is no
smoothie on camera and, like many of us, has a belly that must be
circumvented to set the right stance. But his folksy demeanor is
comforting and his logic is often inarguable. The highlight is
Casper's water-skipping shot — if you have the nerve to try it on your
own. B
The Wide World of Golf (Video Magazines International, $24.95
each)
The first two issues of this slickly produced bimononly
magazine on cassette features advice from the likes of Lee Trevino,
Greg Norman, and Nick Faldo. The most recent issue highlights ''great
chokes in golf history,'' a topic that any weekend duffer can identify
with. A-
All-Star Golf, Volumes 1-6 (Paramount, $19.95 each)
These tapes
are nothing more than a collection of old black-and-white clips of
great golfers making great shots. The theory seems to be that you
will improve by osmosis. Hey, if that were true, all the guys who
snooze through televised tournaments would be club pros by now. F
Jan Stephenson's How to Golf (Warner, $19.98)
This tape is for
beginners — men and women — and may be the best available at teaching the
basics. In less than 60 minutes, Stephenson covers everything from
selecting clubs to getting out of the rough. A-
Bob Mann's Complete Automatic Golf Method (VidAmerica, $19.98)
Mann is still king of the genre, and it's easy to see why. Never mind
that half of this video was shot in a hotel room, Mann's theory of
golf as a ''paint-by-numbers game'' seems to make good sense. A
