Golf Solitaire

Goal

Clear every tableau (the main card layout) card by playing exposed cards one rank above or below the waste.

Which cards can I play?

Choose an exposed tableau card one rank above or below the waste. Click, tap, or use Tab and Enter. The bottom card of each of the seven columns is available; covered cards must wait. Six is adjacent to Five. Suits and colors do not restrict Golf moves. The run can move downward too; each played card becomes the new waste top.

How do I uncover cards?

Removing the Six revealed the Seven, which could immediately continue the run.

How does the stock work?

The new waste Eight made the Nine a legal move. There is one pass through the stock. Older waste cards cannot be selected independently. Cleared columns stay empty; you cannot move cards between tableau columns.

Do Aces connect to Kings?

Ace and Two are adjacent. Golf in this portal does not wrap Ace to King. This shipped version allows Queen on King and King on Queen. It does not use a “King stops the run” rule, and King never connects to Ace.

How do I win or lose?

Removing all tableau cards wins, with no need to exhaust the stock. Empty stock plus no playable tableau card is a loss. This game records moves and remaining cards, without multi-round golf penalty scoring. Six opened access to Eight; Seven bridged the ranks so you could play that Eight and clear the table.

What changes with difficulty?

Relaxed, Standard and Challenge select separate pools of at least 100 verified solvable deals per supported suit count. Relaxed favors more straightforward routes, Standard calls for more planning, and Challenge favors more demanding choices or rearrangements. Hint, Undo and Redo remain available at every solo level. Changing difficulty starts a new rated deal; older saved deals are unrated. Exact portal challenges keep their fixed deal and assistance restrictions. Ratings are a pilot for player feedback.