Golf (card game)

Golf
A player's grid of cards, in six card golf
Alternative namesPolish Polka, Polish Poker, Turtle
TypeDraw and discard
Players2+
CardsSingle deck of 52 or double deck of 104
DeckAnglo-American
Playing time10 minutes

Golf (also known as Polish Polka, Polish Poker, Turtle, Hara Kiri and Crazy Nines[1]) is a card game where players try to earn the lowest number of points (as in golf, the sport) over the course of nine deals (or "holes").[2]

The game has little in common with the solitaire game of the same name.

  1. ^ "Rules of Card Games: Golf". Pagat.com. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
  2. ^ Parlett, David (2004), The A–Z of card games (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 169f, ISBN 978-0-19-860870-7