Golf Solitaire is played with a single 52 card deck, and begins with 35 cards dealt face up into 7 columns of 5 cards each. The remaining 17 cards are placed in a stock pile, which the player can draw from one card at a time and place the card directly into the foundation. There is a single foundation in Golf Solitaire the player can build up or down without regard to suit from the top card in each of the columns. The player wins when all 35 cards initially dealt into the columns have been moved to the foundation.