{"id":125226,"date":"2016-04-29T08:30:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T08:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/?p=125226"},"modified":"2018-02-04T07:03:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T07:03:44","slug":"when-in-iceland-you-should-play-kirkjubols-golfcourse-in-sandgerdi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/when-in-iceland-you-should-play-kirkjubols-golfcourse-in-sandgerdi\/","title":{"rendered":"Play on a historical site and see Elves stones on the Golf Course of Kirkjub\u00f3l in Sandger\u00f0i!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Very close to Leif Ericson\u00b4s airport in Iceland is the small fishing village of Sandger\u00f0i, which has a population of 1580, which makes it Iceland\u00b4s 23. largest village.<\/p>\n

In Sandger\u00f0i is the beautiful 18 hole Golf Course of Kirkjub\u00f3l; one of Iceland\u00b4s 62 Golf Course gems.<\/p>\n

The Golf Club of Sandger\u00f0i (in Icelandic: G<\/strong>olfkl\u00fabbur S<\/strong>andg<\/strong>er\u00f0is; abbreviated: GSG) recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, but it was founded in 1986.<\/p>\n

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The yummy marsipan, cherry, chocolate birthday cake of the Golf Club in Sandger\u00f0i which is 30 yrs old this year 2016! Photo: Golf 1<\/p><\/div>\n

The GSG Golf Course is well known and liked by golfers in Iceland.\u00a0It\u00a0is one of the few Golf Courses in Iceland, which is open almost all\u00a0year round – even during wintertime and is usually among the first to open in spring.<\/p>\n

Kirkjub\u00f3l is a historical site and by the 7th tee box\u00a0your in the exact place where the\u00a0old farm of Kirkub\u00f3l\/Gamlab\u00f3l stood and throughout the Golf Course there are lavafences (socalled Gar\u00f0ar) which\u00a0all were obliged to build the Southwest of Iceland\u00a0in the old times\u00a0and are protected today and on the\u00a0archaeological register in Iceland.<\/p>\n

On the fairways on which the golfers play golf, various remarkable events in the history of Iceland have occurred and the Club raises the players awareness with cool signs, which have been erected by almost every 3rd tee box.<\/p>\n

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Kirkjub\u00f3l\/Gamlab\u00f3l by the 1st green. Photo: Golf 1<\/p><\/div>\n

For example in 1433 an official (k\u00e6rmeistari) in Sk\u00e1lholt episcopal see in the South of Iceland, Magnus<\/strong>, asked to marry Margaret<\/strong>, the daughter of the master of Kirkjub\u00f3l, Vigf\u00fas<\/strong> viceroy Holm<\/strong>, but Margaret broke Magnus\u00b4s heart. Angry, Magnus went with part\u00a0of the lifeguard of Jon Gerreksson<\/strong>, the Bishop of Sk\u00e1lholt determined to burn down Kirkjub\u00f3l and particularly Margaret. Margaret, however was the only one who managed to escape alive out of the fire on a 3 year old Icelandic horse.\u00a0Margaret, swore a solemn oath that she would marry whom ever would avenge this evil doing. \u00a0\u00a0That man turned out to be \u00deorvar\u00f0ur Loftsson,<\/strong> son of the chieftain in M\u00f6\u00f0ruvellir, in the North of Iceland.<\/p>\n

Kirkjub\u00f3l has throughout the centuries been dear to Northerns (Yankees, if you will) in Iceland. In 1550 Christian king the III of Denmark wanted Iceland to convert from catholisism to lutheranism; so that he could get hold of the riches of the catholic church and become the head of the Church of Iceland. Part of the reform was that the kings men executed the last catholic bishop over Iceland, J\u00f3n Arason<\/strong> along with his 2 sons, in Sk\u00e1lholt on November 7th 1550. So you can date the reform in Iceland exactly. J\u00f3n Arason, the last catholic bishop standing was bishop in the North of Iceland, in H\u00f3lar \u00ed Hjaltadal.<\/p>\n

In 1551 seasonal workers from the North of Iceland took revenge in Kirkjub\u00f3l for the killing of J\u00f3n Arason and executed the agent of the Danish king, Christian writer<\/strong> and his men and treated their bodies shamefully. Then they went out to \u00c1lftanes, arrested the executioner of the last bishop (J\u00f3n Arason) and forced the executioner to drink melted lead and after torturing him, \u00a0killed him . The Danes managed to bring the fewest of these northern retaliators to justice.<\/p>\n

The Pro\u00b4s of playing the Golf Course Kirkjub\u00f3l in Sandger\u00f0i:<\/em><\/p>\n

*The Golf Course is the only one in Iceland where you might be able to see rabbits.<\/p>\n

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The Rabbits by the 10th green on the Golf Course of Kirkjub\u00f3l in Sandger\u00f0i, Iceland. Photo: Golf 1<\/p><\/div>\n

*Obviously from the abovementioned if you just arrived in Iceland via airplane or are leaving the country – the Golf Course Kirkjub\u00f3l is \u00a0only a short distance away.<\/p>\n

*Also you\u00b4ll be playing in a part of the country where Icelandic history took place.<\/p>\n

*The Golf Course of Kirkjub\u00f3l is par-72 and open most year round.<\/p>\n

*It\u00b4s not too demanding, it\u00b4s a rather flat course with only a few exeptions.<\/p>\n

*The view from the Golf Course, provided you get good weather and the visibility is at its best ….. is breathtaking. \u00a0On a clear day you can see the lighthouse of Gar\u00f0ur and the Sn\u00e6fellsglacier (hole 8)<\/p>\n

*The atmosphere and likebility of the ones receiving you (staff aswell as others) on the golfcourse of Kirkjub\u00f3l is among the highest in Iceland.<\/p>\n

And at last, don\u00b4t miss the eleves stones by the parkinglot of the Golf Course of Kirkjub\u00f3l in Sandger\u00f0i<\/p>\n

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The habitat of Elves in Iceland, Elves Stones; here the two on the Golf Course of Kirkjub\u00f3l. Photo: Golf 1<\/p><\/div>\n

PS: What are Elves you might ask? Short answer: The easiest answer to this question is that elves are elves. Similarly if someone were to ask what a human is, the answer would be a human is a human. Besides the many differences between humans and elves, it is of note that humans have a Latin name (homo sapiens) while elves do not.<\/p>\n

Belief in elves was widespread in the Nordic countries and across Europe before Iceland was inhabited. \u00a0There is a slight difference in the belief as it appears here in comparison to that of neighbouring courntries. In old Icelandic writings, elves are mentioned in several places. In Iceland\u00b4s most famous saga, Nj\u00e1l\u00b4s Saga, a person is compared to an elf […]<\/p>\n

The twelth century scholar Snorri Sturluson considered Iceland\u00b4s most important author and poet wrote about elves…. the origins of the elves is elucidated in several ways. One is that they are the unclean children of Eve whom she hid when God came to visit, so she did not want to show them to him. God instructed that what was hidden to Him should also be hidden to humans, and so elves have been invisible to humans ever since ….<\/p>\n

The PS part is an excerpt taken from the book: \u201eA Guide to the Hidden People of Iceland – \u201eBeing Elves-where” by P\u00e1ll \u00c1sgeir P\u00e1lsson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Very close to Leif Ericson\u00b4s airport in Iceland is the small fishing village of Sandger\u00f0i, which has a population of 1580, which makes it Iceland\u00b4s 23. largest village. In Sandger\u00f0i is the beautiful 18 hole Golf Course of Kirkjub\u00f3l; one of Iceland\u00b4s 62 Golf Course gems. The Golf Club of Sandger\u00f0i (in Icelandic: Golfkl\u00fabbur Sandger\u00f0is; abbreviated: GSG) recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, but it was founded in 1986. The GSG Golf Course is well known and liked by golfers in Iceland.\u00a0It\u00a0is one of the few Golf Courses in Iceland, which is open almost all\u00a0year round – even during wintertime and is usually among the first to open in spring. Kirkjub\u00f3l Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","cat-7-id"],"acf":[],"views":3002,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}