Patent ID: 7985127

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for playing a video card game, the method comprising: employing a processor that executes instructions retained in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the instructions when executed by the processor implement at least the following operations: setting a par value for a hole; displaying a plurality of piles containing virtual playing cards having a front side and a back side, the front side displaying symbols comprising numbers and letters that are used to place the virtual playing cards in a contiguous order, the back side concealing the symbols, a portion of the virtual playing cards further indicating a golf club with a number; displaying a front side of the virtual playing cards on the top of some of the plurality of piles; displaying a back side of at least one other playing card that is positioned in one of the plurality of piles; displaying a virtual home playing card disposed in a pile containing a single card; displaying a pile of stock cards with at least one of the stock cards movable to the virtual home playing card; receiving an indication of a selection by a game player of one of the virtual playing cards, and in response to the selection, simulating a removal of the selected virtual playing card from a top of one of the plurality of piles and placement onto the virtual home card in a contiguous order of symbols displayed on the front of the virtual playing cards, when the selection comprises the golf club with the number, placing the golf club with the number into a representation of a golf bag; receiving an indication of a selection by the game player of the golf club in the golf bag, wherein the number of the golf club is placed on the front of the virtual home playing card; revealing a front side of the at least one other playing card when the selected virtual playing card on the top of one or more of the plurality of piles is selected; ending a hole when all the stock cards have been moved from the pile of stock cards to the virtual home card or when all the virtual playing cards have been moved from the plurality of piles and computing a score by subtracting the par value from the number of playing cards that remain in the plurality of piles; and providing a different score corresponding to a number of the virtual playing cards that remain in the plurality of piles after placing the virtual playing cards from the plurality of piles onto the virtual home playing card in the sequential order.