The Golf Nut

The Golf Nut (1927)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Set at a fancy golf club, at first everyone thinks Billy Divott (Billy Bevan) coming to play it is going to be a major event but they soon realize that he's quite annoying and obnoxious and soon everyone is just wishing he'd go away. THE GOLF NUT certainly isn't a classic and it's not going to make you forget the work of Buster Keaton but at long as you don't take it too serious or expect too much from it you should at least get a couple laughs and that makes it worth sitting through. Unlike so many Mack Sennett comedies from this era, this one here is actually just a one-reeler so it certainly helps that it runs just ten-minutes. The lack of laughs would really be more obvious has this thing been stretched out another ten-minutes or so. There are some funny moments to be had including one where Bevan goes to get behind a camera curtain but doesn't realize he's actually pulling up a woman's dress. Another funny sequence has a golf ball sitting on top of the water and a golfer trying to hit it without much success. Bevan really doesn't give the type of performance that one would come to expect from him as he really stays rather low-key and never tries to go over-the-top. The supporting cast is decent, although no one really stands out.