Golf Card Game

Abstract

A golf card game comprised of a plurality of playing cards, divided into a plurality of categories, devised to simulate the game of golf and the scoring associated with the game of golf as played on an actual golf course. The present invention is played with each player being dealt a specific number of cards per hole. Each player plays in turn as in the rules of actual golf till each player completes the hole. The game can be played hole by hole either real or imagined; players may play set of holes, as in 9 holes or 18 holes as in a round of real golf, with the particulars of each hole being created as you go, or by utilizing a score card from a specific golf course with the particulars of each hole providing the setting for the virtual game of golf.

1 . A golf card game comprising: 
 a plurality of playing cards;    said playing cards divided into a plurality of categories;    said categories including at least one of Tee-to-Green, Fairway, Recovery, Approach, Hazard, Around-the-Green, Hole/Eagle, Hole-in-One/Ace and Mulligan.    
     
     
         2 . The golf card game as in  claim 1  wherein said at least one Tee-to-Green, Fairway and Recovery category cards include a drive value distance from a virtual tee, a lay-up distance from a virtual green, and an approach value distance from a virtual pin.  
     
     
         3 . The golf card game as in  claim 2  wherein said at least one Tee-to-Green, Fairway and Recovery category card is black.  
     
     
         4 . The golf card game as in  claim 3  wherein said at least one black Tee-to-Green, Fairway and Recovery category card has a 2-Putt value.  
     
     
         5 . The golf card game as in  claim 3  wherein said at least one of black Tee-to-Green category card indicates a Fairway Hit.  
     
     
         6 . The golf card game as in  claim 3  wherein said at least one of black Tee to Green category card indicate a Green Hit.  
     
     
         7 . The golf card game as in  claim 3  wherein said at least one of black Tee-to-Green category card indicates (within) a Tap-In.  
     
     
         8 . The golf card game as in  claim 1  wherein said at least one Tee-to-Green, Fairway and Recovery category card is green.  
     
     
         9 . The golf card game as in  claim 8  wherein said at least one green Tee-to-Green, Fairway and Recovery category card has a 1-Putt value.  
     
     
         10 . The golf card game as in  claim 8  wherein said at least one green Tee-to-Green category card indicates a Fairway Hit.  
     
     
         11 . The golf card game as in  claim 8  wherein said at least one green Tee-to-Green category card indicates a Green Hit.  
     
     
         12 . The golf card game as in  claim 1  wherein at least one of said Tee-to-Green, Recovery, Eagle/Hole and Hole-in-One/Ace Card has a special symbol thereon.  
     
     
         13 . The golf card game as in  claim 12  wherein said at least one of said Tee-to-Green, Recovery, Eagle/Hole and Hole-in-One/Ace Card having said special symbol thereon is a Special Play Card.  
     
     
         14 . The golf card game and system of playing according to  claim 1  wherein the game is scored using a real score card from a real golf course.  
     
     
         15 . The golf card game and system of playing according to  claim 1  wherein at least one hazard is user selected prior to play.  
     
     
         16 . The golf card game and system of playing according to  claim 1  wherein a golf tee is used to determine which player is away.  
     
     
         17 . The golf card game and system of playing according to  claim 1  wherein each player receives 5 cards to start each hole of the game.  
     
     
         18 . A golf card game and system of playing comprising: 
 dealing a plurality of playing cards to each player wherein said plurality of playing cards being divided into a plurality of categories; 
 said plurality of categories including at least one of Tee-to-Green, Fairway, Recovery, Approach, Hazard, Around-the-Green, Hole/Eagle, Hole-in-One/Ace and Mulligan;  
   determining which player is away by spinning a golf tee;    using pre-selected rules to guide play; and    scoring each player's turn on a golf score card.