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This post originally appeared on February 24, 2011.
I told you that my Mom was going to be here and here she is. 
Grab a deck of cards… and make sure to give her lots of love!
Our family consists of 4 generations of game players. When Lisa our youngest daughter wanted to show us a new card game I was very excited. Gigi, Lisa & I were playing Golf when Big M asked if he could learn to play. After playing two hands Big M understood the concept. I just love that I can sit at the table with my Mom, Daughter and Grandson and enjoy the same game.
The rules to Golf: (There are many variation of the game Golf.)
Printable Rules
Age 6 – 93 in our home.
Just like the outdoor game of golf, the card game known as Golf has a goal of keeping the score as low as possible. The game requires two decks of cards and at least two players, but the more players the more fun the game.
You pick a dealer and the dealer deals nine cards to each player. The cards would be placed in a face down position.
The remainder of the deck is then placed in the center of the table. You then arrange your cards in three rows of three.
Each player selects two of their cards to flip up.
Next, the dealer flips the top card of the deck face up and lays this next to the deck. The goal from this point onward is to try to reduce the value of the cards you are holding, one card at a time. You can do this by swapping a card from your hand with one in the discard pile or one from the deck, but only on your turn.
The values for the cards in a game of Golf are as follows:
- Aces = 1
- Numeric cards = face values
- Queen and Jack = 10
- King = 0
- Joker = -5
Three identical cards in a vertical column zeroes out the value of the cards, with the exception of three jokers which would reward the player with a -15 score.
The way the game is played is quite simple: you cannot look at your own cards, but are aiming to switch the cards you have with those of the lowest values in the deck or discard pile.
To do this you must wait for your turn and then draw a card from the deck or discard pile, which is then swapped for a card either face up or face down in the your tableaux or draw a card from the deck, and if it is too high, simply lay it face up in the discard pile.
If you get 3 of the same card in a down ward column it voids the column.
The hand is over when a player has their cards all facing up. The others players turn the rest of their cards face up. The scoring is done according to the chart provided and the player with the lowest overall total after nine hands is declared the winner.
Scoring of this hand would be:
column 1 = 0 column 2 =20 column 3 = -3 Total score for this hand is 17
I hope you enjoy GOLF as much as we do.
What is your favorite card game?
Interesting – I’ve never heard about this game before. It’s great for math skills! Thanks for sharing it.
Let us know how it works for your family!
This is really neat! We play Golf too but in our version, you are only dealt 4 cards and you can peek at 2 but you don’t flip those two until you decide to keep them or switch them from the deck. Getting 2 of the same card flipped over cancels them out. So there are 4 turns each and we have 9 rounds, lowest score wins. The scoring is the same as yours but we have never used the jokers. I really like this version and can’t wait to share it with my family, we are big card/board gamers here! Thanks for sharing, I Pinned it! Now off to check out the rest of your Blog
The jokers can really change the game. Let me know how you like it.
Seems like a good game to train your memory. I’ll try playing with my kids soon.
I would love to hear how you like it!
My husband and I have been looking for a two pson game. This sounds fun.
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