Golf

Golf is a game in which a player, using many types of clubs including a driver, a putter, and irons, hits a ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not use a standardized playing area; rather, the game is played on golf “courses”, each one of which has a unique design and typically consists of either 9 or 18 holes. Golf is defined in the Rules of Golf as “playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules.”

Playing the Game: Play begins on hole #1. Each player must evaluate the total yardage of the current hole as it is listed on the scorecard to determine which Club Card(s) to use. The object of each hole is to combine the Club Cards in your hand so that the yardages of those Club Cards when added together equal, or go over by as few as possible, the yardage of the hole as it is listed on the scorecard. The fewer Club Cards a player uses, the fewer number of strokes that player gets on each hole. Each Club Card used counts as one stroke.

Matchplay

Holes are either won, halved or lost, based on the nett score of each hole. The handicap is applied using the matchplay index on the scorecard. The two competitor’s handicaps are compared and the difference e.g. 14 - 6 = 8, is the number of strokes given away. The number of holes where one stroke is allocated is then decided, according to the match index.

Play

The object is for players to reduce the value of the cards in front of them by either swapping them for lesser value cards or by pairing them up with cards of equal rank.

Beginning at dealer’s left, players take turns drawing single cards from either the stock or discard piles. The drawn card may either be swapped for one of that player’s 6 cards, or discarded. If the card is swapped for one of the face down cards, the card swapped in remains face up.

Scoring

Your score is equal to the number of cards remaining in the tableau. The lower your score, the better.