Overview
Golf Solitaire is a fast single-player clearing game. Unlike Klondike, there are no foundation piles or alternating-color builds: you remove top tableau cards by matching the waste card with a neighboring rank.
Objective
Empty all seven tableau columns. You win immediately when their 35 cards have been removed.
Setup
Cardems uses one deck. Seven tableau columns receive five face-up cards each. One card starts face up in the waste pile, and the remaining 16 cards form a face-down stock.
How to Play
- Select the top card of any tableau column if it is one rank above or below the waste card.
- Move that card to the waste; it becomes the new rank to match.
- Continue the chain from any column while adjacent ranks are available.
- Draw one card from the stock to the waste when no useful move remains or when you choose to end a chain.
Important Rules
- Only the top card in each column is available. Removing it exposes the card below it.
- Cards move only from a tableau column to the waste, one at a time; tableau cards never move between columns.
- Suits do not affect adjacency.
- The stock deals one face-up card at a time and does not recycle. Once it is empty, no new waste ranks are available.
- Drawing from stock resets the current clearing streak. Undo restores the prior board and streak.
Scoring and Winning
Each tableau card scores 10 points, plus 5 points for every earlier card in the current streak. A first card is worth 10, a second consecutive card 15, and a third 20. A stock draw resets the streak.
Clearing all columns adds 100 points plus 5 points per unused stock card. For instance, finishing with 6 stock cards remaining adds 130 points to the score already earned from cleared cards.
Strategy
Before drawing, inspect all seven column tops and remember that King and Ace bridge each other. Saving an Ace or King can turn a stalled-looking line into a long chain.
FAQ
Can I move a card that is not on top of its column?
No. Only the exposed top card of a tableau column can move.
Is Ace high or low?
Both for adjacency. It is adjacent to 2 and King in Cardems Golf.
Can I recycle the stock?
No. Golf uses the stock once; Cardems provides no recycle action.
What happens if the stock is empty and no card fits?
The deal has no further legal move. You can use Undo to revisit an earlier choice or start a new deal.
