Golf Card Game Scorer6-card Golf scorekeeper

Card values

Matching pairs (same rank, same column, top & bottom): in House Rules they cancel to 0, except negative cards (Aces, Jokers), which add together — A over A = −2, Joker over Joker = −4. Four of a kind in House Rules: two matching pairs of the same rank in adjacent columns (1+2 or 2+3) score −10 for all four cards (four Aces = −10, four 7s = −10). Columns 1 and 3 are not adjacent. In Standard rules every matching pair cancels to 0.

How to play

1. Deal 6 cards face down to each player in two rows of three. Each player flips 2 face up.
2. On your turn, draw from the deck or take the top discard. Swap it with one of your cards (face up or down) and discard the replaced card — or discard a card drawn from the deck.
3. When someone has all 6 cards face up, everyone else gets one last turn. Then all cards are flipped and scored.
4. Two cards of the same rank in the same column cancel to 0 — in House Rules, except negative cards (Aces, Jokers), which add together.
5. House Rules: four cards of the same rank filling two side-by-side columns score −10 together.
6. A game is 9 holes by default. The deal rotates each hole. Lowest total wins.