cover image Leslie Nielson's Stupid Little Golf Book

Leslie Nielson's Stupid Little Golf Book

Leslie Nielsen, Leslie Nielson. Doubleday Books, $17.5 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-385-47598-3

If Nielsen the film actor has not attracted enough attention, this tidbit he and former National Lampoon editor Beard (French for Cats) have composed might draw some. Opening with hints on the golfer's stance, grip and sighting, all guaranteed to do nothing to improve one's game, the authors scoff at the notion of taking lessons from a pro but do offer their prescriptions for various ways of undermining a fellow player's morale, such as pointing out that his four-foot putt is more than 1200 millimeters. They also suggest that readers always appoint themselves scorekeeper and pick the other members of their foursomes with care. The book is further filled with ripe corn such as the comment that golf balls is not an ailment; and it earns the ``stupid'' of its title by failing to show any awareness that the game is played by women also. 100,000 first printing; first serial to Playboy; Literary Guild selection. (Apr.)