Fairway Solitaire is BFG Entertainment’s golf-themed mobile card game, not another name for traditional Golf Solitaire. You remove available board cards by playing one rank higher or lower than the current card. The app adds course scoring, clubs, power-ups and hazards to that rule.
This guide covers BFG’s Android and iOS product information and public support articles checked on September 21, 2026. It is a source-based explanation, not a current installation test. Rules BFG does not publish—including whether Ace and King connect in a particular build—remain version-specific and unconfirmed here.
Basic terms and rules
A hole uses one 52-card deck split between the draw pile and the tableau. The draw pile is the face-down supply you turn over when a route stops. The tableau is the board layout you are trying to clear. An exposed card is an uncovered tableau card that the game currently allows you to select. The face-up card beside the draw pile is the active card; every ordinary move is compared with its rank.
- Turn over a card from the draw pile to make it active.
- Select an exposed tableau card exactly one rank higher or lower. Suit does not matter.
- The selected card becomes the new active card.
- Continue while another exposed adjacent-rank card is available.
- When the route stops, draw again or use an eligible Fairway resource.
BFG’s How to play guide confirms the deck split, changing tableau layouts, one-rank moves and the objective of clearing as many cards as possible. That objective matters: completing a hole does not always require removing every tableau card.
A simple legal-move example
Suppose the active card is 8 and the exposed choices are 7, 9 and 10. In this example no move uncovers another card, and no exposed 6 or second 8 exists. Choosing 7 stops the visible route. Choosing 9 allows 8 → 9 → 10, clearing two tableau cards before another draw or resource is needed.
This is an editorial example, not a recorded level or a universal best move. Reassess after every move that exposes new information.
Clubs and power-ups
Ordinary moves follow the adjacent-rank rule. Fairway resources provide a documented exception, new information or a rearrangement:
| Feature | What it does | Important limit |
|---|---|---|
| Iron | Choose a rank from the golf bag. The Iron becomes a suitless active card of that rank; an 8 or 10 Iron can set up an exposed 9. | Availability through inventory, purchases, ads or the draw pile can vary. |
| Midas Club | Acts as a gold wild card that can clear a selected board card, including an Ace, King, Queen or Jack. | The support page does not say it overrides every covered or locked state. |
| Shuffle | Rearranges tableau cards to make another move possible without an Iron or Midas Club. | It unlocks after course 13; the result is not a guaranteed full clear. |
| Preview | Shows the next five draw-pile cards, hidden stamps, and Wedge or Umbrella locations when relevant. | It unlocks after course 22 and provides information rather than clearing a card. |
Using ordinary moves before spending an item is a reasonable resource-saving baseline, not an optimal rule for every hole. The better choice depends on the hazard, exposed and remaining cards, available resources, and whether the current goal is simply to finish, reach Par or improve a course score.
How Sand, Rain and Rough work
| Hazard | What it blocks or threatens | How to clear it | What happens next |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand | Sand cards are locked. | Find the hidden Wedge card. | All locked Sand cards become unlocked, according to BFG’s Sand guide. |
| Rain | A Rains In counter is running; each cloudy card played lowers it by one. |
Find the Umbrella before the counter reaches zero. | The Rain guide confirms the target and countdown but does not document every version-specific screen state. |
| Rough | The Rough remains as an obstacle until its clearing condition is met. | Play two cards on the Rough. | The Rough clears. BFG’s short Rough guide does not specify more detailed targeting or timing rules, so this guide does not invent them. |
What happens when the draw pile runs out?
When the draw pile is empty and tableau cards remain, tap the Score Meter to review the available options for continuing or ending the hole. BFG’s out-of-draw-pile guide lists these choices:
- continue with an Iron or Midas Club;
- use Shuffle when covered cards are the obstacle;
- buy five additional cards for the displayed 2,000 Golf Bucks;
- use a Mulligan;
- replay the hole with an Eraser; or
- select the red End Hole button and accept the result.
You therefore do not have to clear every tableau card before ending a hole. Ending records that hole’s contribution to the course result; continuing spends or uses a resource in an attempt to improve it. BFG documents Eraser replays for holes 2–9, not whole courses, and says the feature unlocks after course 10. Restarting the entire course is a separate action described in its replay and restart guide.
A Fairway-specific end-of-hole example
Assume the draw pile is empty, an exposed 9 remains, and the current active card cannot legally reach it. The known choices are enough to decide without guessing any hidden card: an 8 or 10 Iron can make 9 the next ordinary move; a Midas Club can clear the selected 9 if it is eligible; Shuffle may help if the useful card is partly covered; and End Hole accepts the current score. Which is best depends on the Score Meter, remaining hazards, resource inventory and course goal. The example does not assume what an unrevealed card contains.
How Fairway scoring and course stars work
The Score Meter appears at the upper left and moves as cards are cleared. BFG’s Scoring guide uses these examples:
+37means 37 more cards are needed to reach Par, displayed asE, and the one-star course-rating threshold described by BFG.Emeans the course is at Par.- A green
-3means three cards better than Par.
For a plain-language example, a course shown at +37 still needs 37 cleared cards to reach E; after reaching E, improving to -3 means finishing three cards better than Par. BFG’s Earn Stars guide says the rating uses the best score for the course, not a separate star award for each hole. Layouts vary, so these display meanings should not be turned into one universal formula for every course or event.
Identify and download the correct game
| Product | How to identify it | Which rules apply |
|---|---|---|
| Fairway Solitaire – Card Game | BFG Entertainment Inc.; Android package com.bigfishgames.fairwaysolitaireuniversalf2pgoogle. |
Use the app and BFG support rules summarized here. |
| Traditional Golf Solitaire | A general card-game family offered by many providers. | Use its named ruleset, including its own layout, stock and Ace/King convention. See the traditional Golf Solitaire rules. |
| Fairway Solitaire Blast | A separate product with “Blast” in its name. | Do not transfer Blast features or platform claims to the main Fairway app. |
| An unrelated browser game | Runs on another game site and may not identify BFG as publisher. | Use that provider’s instructions; a shared name does not make it the BFG app. |
The official mobile entries are Google Play and the US App Store. Both identify BFG Entertainment as provider. Google Play discloses ads and in-app purchases and labels the app Offline; Apple lists a free download with in-app purchases and requires iOS 13.0 or later. An Offline label does not prove that events, account syncing, ads or purchases work without a connection.
Version-dependent questions
Can an Ace connect to a King?
BFG’s current basic how-to and store descriptions do not state the Ace–King boundary. Check the legal-move indicator in the installed version. Rules from traditional Golf Solitaire or a third-party browser adaptation do not settle the BFG app’s behavior.
Can I play the current Fairway Solitaire on PC?
BFG’s PC support article, updated November 20, 2025, says there is no current Fairway Solitaire version for PC and points PC users to Fairway Solitaire Blast instead. Older platform references conflict with that current, question-specific page and do not establish present availability.
Method and disclosure: This independent guide was checked on September 21, 2026 against the official Google Play and US App Store listings and BFG’s public Fairway support articles. It is not affiliated with BFG, Big Fish, Google or Apple. No first-hand installation, purchase or completed-level test is claimed.