Teaching Golf

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Golf

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.

Set up · 1 of 3

Deal six cards face down to each player. Lay yours out in two rows of three without looking.

Set up · 2 of 3

Everyone turns any two of their cards face up.

Set up · 3 of 3

Put the rest of the deck face down. Turn the top card face up to start a discard pile.

How to play · 1 of 4

Draw

On your turn, take the top card of the deck or the discard pile.

How to play · 2 of 4

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.

How to play · 3 of 4

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.

that's it!

Go play.

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