-----------------------GOLF (the card game) INSTRUCTIONS------------------------
-------------------------Compiled by John T. Wodder II--------------------------

NEEDED: 1 deck of cards; players

				     SET-UP
	At the beginning of each hand, the dealer shuffles the deck of cards &
deals out 4 cards in a 2x2 grid to each player, with the two cards nearest each
player face-up and the other two cards face-down.  After dealing, the deck is
placed in the center of the table, and the top card is placed face-up next to
it to start the discard pile.  The player to the dealer's left takes the first
turn, and play proceeds clockwise.


				      PLAY
	During each player's turn, (s)he either takes the top card on the
discard pile or else draws a card from the deck.  This card then replaces one
of the player's cards (including the face-down ones, whose replacements must
also be face-down), and the replaced card is put face-up on the discard pile.
Alternatively, the player may simply place the card (s)he just took on top of
the discard pile.
	As soon as a player so desires, (s)he may ``knock,'' and all players
then turn all of their cards face-up.  The total point value for each set of
cards is calculated & added to the respective player's score, and then the next
hand begins.  A normal game consists of eighteen hands, though a shorter game
of nine hands may be played.


			       SCORING & WINNING
Card        | Value
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King, Queen | 2 points
Jack        | 0 points
Ace         | -1 point
Joker       | -2 points

	All other cards are worth their numeric rank.  If a player's hand
contains two cards of the same rank, they together count for zero points.
	The player with the lowest score at the end of the game wins.