A Card-Based Golf Game Simulation

This simulation recreates the Golf card game using a standard 52-card deck plus two Jokers. Each player is dealt six cards face down. The remaining cards form a face-down stock pile, with the top card flipped over to start a discard pile beside it.

The goal is for players to lower the total value of their six cards by swapping for lower-value cards or by pairing cards of equal rank in columns. The player with the lowest score wins, while the highest score loses. A full game consists of 9 rounds.

Starting to the dealer's left, players take turns drawing a single card from either the stock or discard pile. The drawn card can be swapped with one of the player's six cards or discarded. If swapped with a face-down card, the new card is placed face up. If the card is discarded, the turn ends. A round concludes once a player has all their cards face-up.

The game is played over nine "holes" (rounds), and the player with the lowest cumulative score is the winner.

Card Point Values

Cards

Joker = -2 points

Ace = 1 point

King = 0 points

Jack and Queen = 10 points each

All other cards = their face value