Play Golf Solitaire Online

Golf Solitaire is a fast stock-and-waste game with one simple test on every move. If the waste card is a 7, an exposed 6 or 8 can play. Suits do not matter. The pressure comes from the stock: once a useful rank passes by, you may not get another bridge before the tableau runs dry.

This version uses certified Golf deals, so the opening board has a stored winning line that replays through the real engine. If you like the same one-rank rhythm in a wider layout, TriPeaks Solitaire is the closest cousin. Golf is tighter because the tableau has fewer cards and no peaks to uncover in layers.

How to Play Golf Solitaire

Start with 7 tableau columns, 5 cards in each column, a stock pile and one waste card. Only the bottom card of each tableau column is available. Play an available card when it is one rank higher or one rank lower than the top waste card. The played card becomes the new waste card, which can open a fresh rank on the next move.

Golf Solitaire opening board with stock, waste, 7 tableau columns and game counters. — Golf starts compact: 7 columns of 5 cards, one waste card and a stock that should be spent carefully.

Goal

Clear all 35 tableau cards before the stock stops helping. A finished Golf game leaves the tableau empty. The waste can hold many cards by the end, but only the top waste card matters for the next legal move.

Layout

The stock and waste sit on the left side of the board. The 7 columns sit below the counters. Cards above the bottom row are blocked until every card below them has been played away.

Legal Moves

A tableau card is legal when it is exposed and exactly one rank away from the waste. A 10 can take a 9 or Jack. A 4 can take a 3 or 5. In standard Golf, Kings are stop cards here: a King on the waste does not wrap to Ace. Draw from the stock when no exposed tableau card connects.

Golf Solitaire hint highlighting an exposed tableau card that is one rank from the waste card. — The highlighted card is exposed and one rank from the waste, so it can be played next.

Stock and Waste

The stock is not a rescue button. Drawing changes the waste card and can close a line that was available a second earlier. Before drawing, scan the bottom card of every column. If 2 legal cards are visible, prefer the one that uncovers a useful middle rank or avoids leaving a King as the next waste card.

That same habit helps in Pyramid Solitaire, although the arithmetic is different there. Pyramid asks for pairs that total 13. Golf asks whether one visible card can keep the rank chain alive for another move.

Certified Deals

Public Golf deals use the audited 1,000-seed proof pool. The Check Winnable panel reads the stored proof for the current deal and can show a winning line when you want to study the solve. Leaderboard runs should be played clean, without hints, undo or the winning-line tool.

Golf Solitaire Check Winnable panel confirming that the current deal has a certified winning line. — Check Winnable confirms the proof line. Use it for study, then play clean when the score matters.

Strategy Notes

Try to keep flexible ranks on the waste. Middle cards such as 6, 7 and 8 usually give more exits than an Ace or King. When a move exposes a new bottom card, look at the rank underneath before you take the obvious play. Sometimes the best move is the one that leaves 2 follow-up ranks, not the one that clears the nearest column.

For a slower game where every card is visible from the start, FreeCell is a good contrast. Golf rewards timing around the stock; FreeCell rewards space management. The how to play Golf guide covers the no wrap rule, the King stop and the timing in full.

Quick Golf Answers

Does suit matter in Golf Solitaire?

No. Only rank matters. A red 8 and a black 8 behave the same way.

Can an Ace play on a King?

No. This table uses standard Golf rules with no King-to-Ace wrap.

Are the public deals winnable?

Yes. Public Golf deals come from the certified proof pool and keep a replayable winning line.