How to control Golf Solitaire
King–Ace behavior and scoring should be confirmed in the active mode.
Golf Solitaire is a seven-column card-removal game. Select a playable card when it is exactly one rank higher or lower than the current waste card, regardless of suit, and continue for as long as the chain allows. The movement rule is quick to learn, but winning depends on choosing the branch that opens another card and preserving enough stock cards for the final columns.
The tableau is arranged in seven columns. Only the lowest uncovered card in each column can be selected; removing it exposes the card above. The current embedded game’s tutorial confirms that the objective is to clear every tableau card and that suit does not affect a legal move.
The “golf” name reflects finishing the round with as few remaining cards or penalties as possible in traditional scoring variants. This page focuses on the displayed clear-the-table objective rather than assuming one universal scoring formula.
From a 9, an 8 or 10 is legal. After selecting 10, the next card must be 9 or Jack. A second 10 is not legal, and color or suit does not create an exception.
Direct testing confirmed Easy and Hard choices on the start screen. The playable table includes elapsed time, help, a step-back control, and an exit control. Language and sound options were also visible before the deal.
The exact changes between Easy and Hard—such as deal composition, King–Ace behavior, stock supply, or scoring—have not been fully verified. Treat the mode names as confirmed interface choices, but use each mode’s tutorial and accepted moves for its detailed conditions.
Golf implementations differ on rank wrapping. Some allow King to connect with Ace, while others connect King only to Queen and Ace only to 2. This detail has not been conclusively tested in the current player.
Before choosing an end rank, look for the normal continuation: Queen after King or 2 after Ace. Do not rely on wrapping until the player accepts that move.
Using one stock card to remove only one tableau card rarely improves the position much. The goal is to turn one stock reference into a multi-card chain and keep the remaining stock for later interruptions.
Easy is the practical starting point for learning chain direction and stock timing. Hard is visibly offered as the second mode, but this guide does not invent its underlying rule changes. Compare how many stock cards remain and how often a chain exposes a new column rather than focusing only on speed.
At a 390px portrait viewport, the game loaded and remained usable, but the landscape table was scaled down with black space above and below. Tutorial text and cards were small. A landscape phone orientation or desktop screen provides easier reading.
TriPeaks uses the same adjacent-rank idea but unlocks three overlapping peaks. Pyramid removes pairs totaling 13. For foundation building, try Klondike, or compare the full solitaire collection.
No. The tested tutorial uses rank only: select a card one point higher or lower than the waste.
No. A legal card must differ by exactly one rank.
Both modes are confirmed, but their detailed deal and rule differences have not been fully tested. Follow the selected mode’s interface.
Yes, but the portrait display scales the wide table down. Landscape orientation or a larger screen is easier to read.
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