Golf Solitaire

Example games

In brief

Deal GO1-E-AAAAAAB can be won in 48 moves, replayed one by one below. The deal with code AAAAAAH can be won on Easy but not on Classic: at best, 31 cards out of 35. Each code can be pasted into the app's New Game window.

A game won on Easy

Deal GO1-E-AAAAAAB, using the Easy rules (the app's default). Starting waste card: A♣; available cards: 6♥, 8♣, V♠, 4♣, 9♣, 8♦, 5♣. The game can be won in 48 moves: 35 removals and 13 draws; 3 cards remain in the stock. Score: 350 points.

Stock: 16 cards; waste: ace of clubs. Column 1: 6 of clubs, 5 of spades, queen of spades, 10 of spades, 6 of hearts (available: 6 of hearts); column 2: 2 of spades, king of clubs, 4 of spades, 2 of clubs, 8 of clubs (available: 8 of clubs); column 3: 10 of clubs, ace of hearts, 2 of diamonds, 5 of diamonds, jack of spades (available: jack of spades); column 4: 3 of diamonds, queen of hearts, ace of spades, king of diamonds, 4 of clubs (available: 4 of clubs); column 5: jack of hearts, 3 of clubs, 7 of diamonds, 8 of hearts, 9 of clubs (available: 9 of clubs); column 6: 10 of hearts, 4 of hearts, 7 of hearts, 7 of clubs, 8 of diamonds (available: 8 of diamonds); column 7: 3 of spades, 7 of spades, 3 of hearts, 9 of spades, 5 of clubs (available: 5 of clubs).

At the start: 0 cards removed, 16 in the stock, waste A♣, 0 points.

Stock: 12 cards; waste: 7 of clubs. Column 1: 6 of clubs, 5 of spades, queen of spades (available: queen of spades); column 2: 2 of spades, king of clubs, 4 of spades, 2 of clubs (available: 2 of clubs); column 3: 10 of clubs, ace of hearts, 2 of diamonds, 5 of diamonds (available: 5 of diamonds); column 4: 3 of diamonds, queen of hearts, ace of spades, king of diamonds (available: king of diamonds); column 5: jack of hearts, 3 of clubs (available: 3 of clubs); column 6: 10 of hearts, 4 of hearts, 7 of hearts (available: 7 of hearts); column 7: 3 of spades, 7 of spades, 3 of hearts (available: 3 of hearts).

After 16 moves (move 16): 12 cards removed, 12 in the stock, waste 7♣, 120 points.

Stock: 6 cards; waste: jack of clubs. Column 1: 6 of clubs, 5 of spades (available: 5 of spades); column 2: 2 of spades, king of clubs (available: king of clubs); column 3: 10 of clubs, ace of hearts (available: ace of hearts); column 4: 3 of diamonds, queen of hearts (available: queen of hearts); column 5: jack of hearts (available: jack of hearts); column 6: 10 of hearts, 4 of hearts (available: 4 of hearts); column 7: 3 of spades, 7 of spades (available: 7 of spades).

After 32 moves (move 32): 22 cards removed, 6 in the stock, waste V♣, 220 points.

Stock: 3 cards; waste: 3 of spades. Column 1: empty; column 2: empty; column 3: empty; column 4: empty; column 5: empty; column 6: empty; column 7: empty.

Game won (move 48): 35 cards removed, 3 in the stock, waste 3♠, 350 points.
The game’s 48 moves
  1. draw: 8♠
  2. column 5: 9♣
  3. column 2: 8♣
  4. draw: V♦
  5. draw: 5♥
  6. column 1: 6♥
  7. column 7: 5♣
  8. column 4: 4♣
  9. draw: 10♦
  10. column 3: V♠
  11. column 1: 10♠
  12. column 7: 9♠
  13. column 5: 8♥
  14. column 5: 7♦
  15. column 6: 8♦
  16. column 6: 7♣
  17. draw: 2♥
  18. column 5: 3♣
  19. column 2: 2♣
  20. column 7: 3♥
  21. column 2: 4♠
  22. column 3: 5♦
  23. draw: 6♠
  24. column 6: 7♥
  25. draw: 9♦
  26. draw: D♦
  27. column 4: R♦
  28. column 1: D♠
  29. draw: A♦
  30. column 3: 2♦
  31. column 4: A♠
  32. draw: V♣
  33. column 4: D♥
  34. column 2: R♣
  35. column 3: A♥
  36. column 2: 2♠
  37. column 4: 3♦
  38. column 6: 4♥
  39. column 1: 5♠
  40. column 1: 6♣
  41. column 7: 7♠
  42. draw: 9♥
  43. column 3: 10♣
  44. column 5: V♥
  45. column 6: 10♥
  46. draw: R♠
  47. draw: 4♦
  48. column 7: 3♠

The same deal on Classic

With code GO1-C-AAAAAAB, the cards are the same, but the King and Ace are no longer consecutive. The deal can still be won, in 50 moves including 15 draws; 1 card remains in the stock.

The 50 moves on Classic
  1. draw: 8♠
  2. column 5: 9♣
  3. column 2: 8♣
  4. draw: V♦
  5. draw: 5♥
  6. column 1: 6♥
  7. column 7: 5♣
  8. draw: 10♦
  9. column 7: 9♠
  10. column 1: 10♠
  11. column 3: V♠
  12. column 1: D♠
  13. draw: 2♥
  14. column 7: 3♥
  15. column 4: 4♣
  16. column 1: 5♠
  17. column 1: 6♣
  18. column 7: 7♠
  19. column 5: 8♥
  20. column 5: 7♦
  21. column 6: 8♦
  22. column 6: 7♣
  23. draw: 6♠
  24. column 6: 7♥
  25. draw: 9♦
  26. draw: D♦
  27. column 4: R♦
  28. draw: A♦
  29. column 2: 2♣
  30. column 5: 3♣
  31. column 2: 4♠
  32. column 3: 5♦
  33. column 6: 4♥
  34. column 7: 3♠
  35. column 3: 2♦
  36. column 4: A♠
  37. draw: V♣
  38. column 4: D♥
  39. column 2: R♣
  40. draw: 9♥
  41. column 6: 10♥
  42. draw: R♠
  43. draw: 4♦
  44. column 4: 3♦
  45. column 2: 2♠
  46. column 3: A♥
  47. draw: R♥
  48. draw: D♣
  49. column 5: V♥
  50. column 3: 10♣

Winnable on Easy, but not on Classic

Deal GO1-E-AAAAAAH: waste 9♦, available cards 7♦, 6♣, 9♠, V♥, V♦, 2♦, 3♣. On Easy, it can be won in 51 moves, using the entire stock; the King–Ace connection is used on moves 26, 29 and 47.

The 51 moves on Easy
  1. draw: D♠
  2. column 4: V♥
  3. draw: 10♠
  4. column 5: V♦
  5. draw: R♠
  6. draw: A♦
  7. column 6: 2♦
  8. column 7: 3♣
  9. column 4: 4♥
  10. column 7: 5♥
  11. column 2: 6♣
  12. column 1: 7♦
  13. column 5: 6♦
  14. column 6: 7♣
  15. draw: 8♥
  16. column 3: 9♠
  17. column 5: 10♣
  18. draw: 8♦
  19. draw: 7♠
  20. draw: 5♣
  21. column 4: 4♠
  22. column 5: 5♦
  23. draw: V♠
  24. column 5: D♥
  25. column 3: R♣
  26. column 1: A♥
  27. column 2: 2♥
  28. column 7: A♠
  29. column 6: R♥
  30. draw: 6♠
  31. column 3: 5♠
  32. column 7: 6♥
  33. draw: 9♥
  34. column 4: 10♦
  35. column 2: V♣
  36. column 3: D♦
  37. draw: 3♦
  38. draw: 7♥
  39. column 2: 8♠
  40. column 6: 9♣
  41. column 6: 10♥
  42. draw: 8♣
  43. draw: 4♦
  44. column 1: 3♥
  45. column 4: 2♣
  46. column 3: A♣
  47. column 1: R♦
  48. column 2: D♣
  49. draw: 2♠
  50. column 7: 3♠
  51. column 1: 4♣

With code GO1-C-AAAAAAH, the same deal cannot be won. A program that tries every legal sequence of moves, remembering positions already visited (159 786 positions), proves this: at best, 31 cards out of 35 can be removed from the tableau. Such a game becomes blocked at 310 points, then the penalty deducts 40: final score 270.

One of the best games on Classic (47 moves)
  1. draw: D♠
  2. column 4: V♥
  3. draw: 10♠
  4. column 5: V♦
  5. draw: R♠
  6. draw: A♦
  7. draw: 8♥
  8. column 1: 7♦
  9. column 5: 6♦
  10. draw: 8♦
  11. column 3: 9♠
  12. column 5: 10♣
  13. draw: 7♠
  14. column 2: 6♣
  15. column 5: 5♦
  16. column 4: 4♥
  17. column 7: 3♣
  18. column 2: 2♥
  19. column 1: A♥
  20. column 6: 2♦
  21. column 1: 3♥
  22. column 4: 4♠
  23. column 7: 5♥
  24. draw: 5♣
  25. draw: V♠
  26. column 5: D♥
  27. column 3: R♣
  28. draw: 6♠
  29. column 3: 5♠
  30. draw: 9♥
  31. column 4: 10♦
  32. column 2: V♣
  33. column 3: D♦
  34. column 1: R♦
  35. draw: 3♦
  36. column 4: 2♣
  37. column 7: A♠
  38. draw: 7♥
  39. column 2: 8♠
  40. column 6: 7♣
  41. column 7: 6♥
  42. draw: 8♣
  43. draw: 4♦
  44. column 7: 3♠
  45. column 1: 4♣
  46. draw: 2♠
  47. column 3: A♣

Stock: 0 cards; waste: ace of clubs. Column 1: empty; column 2: queen of clubs (available: queen of clubs); column 3: empty; column 4: empty; column 5: empty; column 6: 10 of hearts, 9 of clubs, king of hearts (available: king of hearts); column 7: empty.

GO1-C-AAAAAAH, end of this game: stock empty, 4 cards left, none can be played on the waste.

The deals on this page

CodeRulesWinnableGame shown
GO1-E-AAAAAABEasyyes48 moves, 350 points
GO1-C-AAAAAABClassicyes50 moves, 350 points
GO1-E-AAAAAAHEasyyes51 moves, 350 points
GO1-C-AAAAAAHClassicno (at best 31 cards)47 moves, 270 points