How to Play Golf Solitaire

The game of solitaire has many variations and versions. The object of Golf Solitaire is to move all the cards in the columns to the waste pile as quickly as possible. Time yourself with a stopwatch each time you play and try to beat your fastest time. The following steps will show you how to play the game.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Deck of cards
• Stopwatch

1. Deal the cards out in 7 columns. Place 5 cards in each column face up and slightly overlapping one another downward. The card at the bottom is the most exposed card and can be used to play. Put the remaining cards face down as your "stockpile."
2. Turn over the first card in your stockpile and place it face up next to the remaining downturned cards. This will start your "waste pile." Set your stopwatch and begin.
3. Choose an exposed card from one of the seven columns of cards that follow the card in the waste pile in either ascending or descending sequence. The suit doesn't matter. Place the chosen card face up in the waste pile. For example, if the card in the waste pile is the 3 of clubs and you have a 4 of any suit or a 2 of any suit as exposed cards in the columns, you may choose one of them to place in your waste pile.
4. Pick another exposed card from your columns, continuing to either go in ascending or descending order. You don't have to continue ascending or descending. You can go back-and-forth between the two. For example if you picked the 4 to go over the 3 in your waste pile, you can then choose a 3 as your next card.
5. Choose another card from the waste pile if you cannot make any more moves with the available cards in the columns. Start the process again with your new card.
6. End the game when there are no more cards in your stockpile and you run out of moves or if you use up all the cards in the columns. You lose the game if you have cards in the columns that haven't been played by the games end.
7. Win the game by moving all the column cards into the waste pile. You have to beat your last fastest time.

Tips & Warnings

• In Golf Solitaire, aces are high.