Golf
Also called Six-Card Golf
Swap cards to build the lowest-scoring grid of six. Lowest total after nine rounds, or holes, wins.
the best bit: flipping your last card and finding the king you prayed for
- Players
- 2–6 (best with 3–5)
- Time
- 20–40 min
- Learn in
- A minute
- Mood
- Chill
- Format
- Everyone for themselves
The 30-second version
Everyone has six face-down cards in two rows. Take turns drawing and swapping cards into your grid to get the lowest score. Matching cards in the same column cancel out. When someone's grid is all face up, the hole ends. Play nine holes, and the lowest total wins.
read this, then walk through the steps below once.
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Set up
- Deal six cards face down to each player. Lay yours out in two rows of three without looking.
- Everyone turns any two of their cards face up.
- Put the rest of the deck face down. Turn the top card face up to start a discard pile.
How to play
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Draw
On your turn, take the top card of the deck or the discard pile.
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Swap it in
Swap it for any card in your grid, face up or face down. The new card goes in face up, and the one you replaced goes on the discard pile. If you drew from the deck, you can discard the new card instead.
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End the hole
When someone has all six cards face up, everyone else gets one more turn. Then turn over any cards still face down.
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Score the hole
Aces are 1, 2s are minus 2, kings are 0, jacks and queens are 10, and everything else is its number. Two matching cards in the same column score 0.
How to win
After nine holes, the lowest total wins.
From experience…
- Kings and 2s are gold. Matching pairs in a column are even better.
- Don't rush to end the hole with high cards still showing.