cardgamerulesGOOD GAMES START HERE. ONE RANK UP. ONE RANK DOWN.Golf Solitaire clears seven open columns by playing exposed cards one rank above or below the waste. Suits do not matter. This table allows queen–king connections but no ace–king wrap, with one stock pass. It is a different game from two-player Six-Card Golf.
CURRENT GROUP LIMIT 5 CARDS · FREE CELLS + ONE
Use exposed cards. For group games, select a card then a column heading, foundation or empty cell. Wider boards scroll inside this frame.
Learn adjacent-rank plays, exposed cards and the one-pass stock in four short lessons. Then try to clear all thirty-five tableau cards.
Q ↔ K allowed · No A ↔ K · One stock passReplace this position and start the selected mode?
Clear every tableau card to the waste. You may move one rank up or down and change direction whenever you like. Draw a stock card when you want a different link.
See adjacent-rank plays ↓Five cards per column. Turn one waste starter; sixteen cards remain in stock.
Its rank must be one above or below the waste top. Suits and colours are irrelevant.
No recycling. Clear all columns to win; spaces cannot be refilled.
Golf Solitaire has several king and ace conventions. Here queens and kings connect both ways; aces connect only to twos. There is no ace–king wrap.
Shuffle one ordinary pack without jokers. Deal seven columns of five face-up overlapping cards, so all ranks can be read. Turn the next card face up to begin the waste, leaving sixteen cards in stock.
Only the exposed end card of each column is playable. Cards above it can be seen, but stay blocked until the cards below them have been removed.
Play an exposed tableau card if its rank is exactly one above or below the waste top. A six can take a five or seven of any suit; the card you play becomes the next waste top.
Equal ranks do not match. At this table a queen can take a king and a king can take a queen. An ace can connect only to a two, not a king. There is no suit or colour requirement.
Do not move cards from one tableau column to another, fill an empty space or pick a buried card. Removing the end card simply exposes the next card in that column.
Compare the next exposed ranks before choosing between two legal plays. The shortest immediate play is not always the most useful route through the remaining columns.
Draw one stock card onto the waste whenever you choose. It becomes the new card to build on, covering the old waste top. Drawing is allowed even if another tableau play exists.
Once stock is exhausted, it cannot be recycled. You may still play adjacent exposed cards. If cards remain and no adjacent play exists, the deal is blocked; Undo or Restart deal can explore another route.
Win by removing all thirty-five tableau cards. Unused stock cards do not prevent a win. The live counter shows cards left rather than a cumulative match score.
Traditional multi-hole scoring can count remaining tableau cards across agreed deals, but this practice table plays one complete deal without storing a nine-hole score. Random deals are not guaranteed solvable.
Some Golf Solitaire rules stop all building on a king; other versions permit ace–king wrapping. Our version permits queen–king moves and forbids ace–king wrapping. These conventions are demonstrated in lessons two and four.
Reference: Solitaired’s adjacent-rank Golf Solitaire guide. For the separate multiplayer game with personal layouts and low scores, choose Six-Card Golf. Wording and practice code here are original.
Print the Golf Solitaire reference or save it as a PDF from your browser’s print window.
The aim: clear all thirty-five tableau cards onto the waste.
One complete practice deal. Undo or restart a blocked layout. This is not multiplayer Six-Card Golf.
LEARN IT. DEAL IT. ENJOY IT. ♣No. Golf Solitaire is a solo game clearing a shared tableau. Six-Card Golf is a multiplayer game comparing personal layout scores.
Thirty-five, in seven face-up columns of five. One waste starter leaves sixteen stock cards.
No. Only the rank difference of exactly one matters.
Not here. Aces connect only to twos.
Yes at this table, and a king on a queen. Some traditional variants use a stricter king rule, which is not enabled here.
No. Play only the exposed end of a column. Empty columns remain empty.
No. The stock is used once. After it runs out, continue legal tableau plays if any exist.
No. Random deals are not checked for solvability. Hints show legal cards and Undo lets you explore alternatives.