We have played with three players and one deck. You may replace a card as many times as you like. No problem! That ends the round, and everyone reveals their cards and tallies up the points. You may run out of cards before one player has completely turned over their cards. three 2s, three Qs) in a row or in a column, then the total for all three cards is zero.

Triple: If a player has three cards of the same face ( e.g.

The final zero is because the three 4s are a triple so instead of 12 point, the three 4s total 0. At the end of nine rounds the cumulative score is tallied and the player with the lowest score wins.īased on the below values, the final score of the above hand is 1+0+3+1+6+0+0 = 11. Then each player gets to draw one more card in turn before tallying points. The round ends when one player has all nine cards face up. The 10 is discarded and the King stays face up. Player has replaced the 8 with a 3, and after drawing a King, she replaced a face down card, which turned out to be a 10. Choose any three cards and turn them over, face up. Players arrange their nine cards, face down, in a 3x3 grid. Place the remaining stack in the middle of the table, turn the top card over and place face up to start the discard pile. Paper and pencil to keep score ( optional)ĭeal 9 cards to each players.

To begin: acquire a deck of standard playing cards.

I've seen Golf card game rules that call for two decks, but we've only ever used one and it works just fine. This variation is perfect for two players and one deck of cards. I've seen several variations of this game and I will first share the instructions we have been using. The Golf card game, also known as Nine Holes, or Crazy Nines, or sometimes Six Card Golf is a huge hit in our house and so far our family has resisted the shackles of major vice, and I'm guessing yours will, too–no matter how many decks of cards you own. Those playing cards come in handy when my kid requests we play his favorite new card game, GOLF, 200 times in a row. You should definitely start praying for me because I own about a dozen decks. My grandparents believed that owning a deck of standard playing cards would tempt the owner into a life of sinful gambling.

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