Take a seat.
Flip two cards. Swap for a low grid. Lowest total after nine holes wins.
HAND COMPLETE
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Six cards face down.
Lowest score wins.
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6-Card Golf · 2–4 seats · 9 holes
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New to Golf? Learn the rulesHOW TO PLAY
Build the lowest grid across nine holes. This is the card game for two to four players; Golf Solitaire is a different game.
Play a practice hole ↑Deal six cards to each player in three columns of two. Turn two cards of your choice face up. Beginning left of the dealer, draw the top stock card or take the visible discard. Swap it into any slot without peeking first. The replacement stays face up and the old card is discarded.
The slot stays where it is. Only its card changes.
Equal ranks in a complete vertical column cancel. Two sevens make zero in a two-row grid; a jack and queen do not match, even though both are worth ten. In a nine-card grid you need three equal ranks in a column. Cards remain in their slots after matching.
The lime outline marks a complete matching column.
If you do not want a stock draw, discard it and turn one hidden slot face up. A card taken from the discard must be swapped in. When your grid is fully face up at the end of your turn, you close: everyone else gets one last turn. Reveal the remaining cards and add each grid's score to its total. The lowest total after nine holes wins; tied players share.
Closing gives the other players one more chance to improve.
Two columns of two. This table keeps the same public flip-two setup and column pairs. Classic four-card Golf often uses private peeking and knocking; that memory variant and card powers are outside these rules.
Three columns of three. Turn two up at setup and cancel only full vertical triples. Rows, diagonals and 2×2 squares do not cancel. No closer penalty applies at any grid size.
Finish the current turn. Keep the top discard face up and reshuffle the rest once. If the stock empties again, or there is nothing to recycle, reveal and score the hole immediately after that turn. Previously discarded cards can return to any hidden position after a shuffle.
NINE HOLES · LOW TOTAL
Count every unpaired card. A fully revealed column of the same rank scores zero, even a pair of twos that would otherwise total −4. With three rows, a pair alone still counts: all three must match.
For example, 7♣/7♥, K♠/A♦ and 2♣/Q♥ score 0 + 1 + 8 = 9. Visible score counts only face-up cards, so a hidden card can change it when revealed.
Choose nine or eighteen holes. There is no penalty for closing without the lowest score. Optional jokers are −2 and match only each other; twos remain −2.
READ THE GRID
A seven may be better than a king if it completes a column for zero. Protect completed matches. A two already scores −2, so pairing two twos for zero can increase your score.
Taking it gives certainty, but commits you to a swap. Drawing the stock gives a choice after seeing the new card. A visible high card is often the best replacement; a hidden slot could contain a useful low card.
A low visible score is incomplete while cards remain hidden. Compare how many unknown cards each player has. Closing ends your own chances to improve and gives every opponent one final turn.
Easy swaps into hidden slots almost at random and ignores pairs. Standard completes visible pairs and replaces high cards. Expert compares the discard against possible stock cards, estimates complete-column scores from the unknown pool, and weighs closing. No level knows a face-down card, including its own. Recycled discards return to the unknown pool.
QUICK ANSWERS
Lay six cards in three columns of two and turn any two up. Draw from the stock or discard, then swap into your grid. You may discard a stock draw and flip one hidden card instead. Equal-rank columns cancel; the lowest total after nine holes wins.
Four cards use a 2×2 grid, nine cards a 3×3 grid. This table uses two public setup flips for all sizes. Two matching cards cancel a two-row column; nine-card grids require three. Classic private-peek/knock four-card Golf is a different variant.
Ace 1, two −2, 3–10 face value, jack and queen 10, king 0. Optional jokers are −2, with twos still −2.
Yes. A complete equal-rank column scores zero, including twos and jokers. Two negative twos therefore become zero rather than −4. Both jokers match each other; a joker does not match a two.
When a player completes a turn with every grid card face up, everyone else gets exactly one final turn. Then all cards are revealed and scored. There is no closer penalty. A second stock exhaustion also ends the hole after the current turn.
Nine by default, or eighteen in Options. Totals carry between holes, the dealer rotates clockwise, and equal lowest totals share the match.
Yes. Choose two, three or four seats in Options. Two-player closing gives just the other player one final turn.
No. Golf Solitaire clears a layout for one player. Here, players compete to build the lowest card grid across several deals.
No. A card taken from the discard must replace a grid card. Only a stock draw can be discarded directly, followed by a required flip while you have a hidden card.
Easy ignores pair plans, Standard builds columns and replaces high cards, and Expert estimates unseen values and the cost of closing. All decisions use public cards and the bot's drawn card only; its own face-down grid remains unknown.
No. Slots stay fixed because their columns determine the score. Use numbers 1–9 or the arrow keys to select a slot. Open an opponent's miniature grid to inspect its visible cards.
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