Simulate the Card Game of Golf
This game simulates a variation of Golf played with a standard 52-card deck plus two Jokers. Each player is dealt six cards face down. The remaining cards form a face-down draw pile, with the top card flipped over to start a face-up discard pile beside it.
The objective is for players to lower the total point value of the cards in their layout. They do this by swapping cards for ones of lower value or by pairing cards of equal rank in columns. The player with the lowest score wins the round, 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 draw pile or the discard pile. The drawn card can be swapped with one of the player's six cards or simply discarded. If swapped with a face-down card, the new card is placed face up. If the drawn card is discarded, the turn passes. A round ends once a player has all six of 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 are worth their face value
