{"id":30577,"date":"2012-04-30T22:30:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T22:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.golf1.is\/?p=30577"},"modified":"2012-04-30T22:53:18","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T22:53:18","slug":"leifsstadir-a-hidden-pitch-putt-gem-in-the-north-of-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/leifsstadir-a-hidden-pitch-putt-gem-in-the-north-of-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"Leifssta\u00f0ir a hidden Pitch &#038; Putt gem in the North of Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leifssta\u00f0ir is a demanding 9 hole par-3 Pitch &amp; Putt Gem built on the slopes of a mountain, in Eyjafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur near Akureyri, the capital of North-Iceland.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30582\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/2012\/04\/leifsstadir-a-hidden-pitch-putt-gem-in-the-north-of-iceland\/img_0110\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30582\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30582\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30582\" title=\"IMG_0110\" src=\"http:\/\/www.golf1.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_0110-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_0110-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_0110.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_0110-630x472.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 1st fairway of the Leifssta\u00f0ir golfcourse. Notice that the photo is taken 1:00 o\u00b4clock after midnight during the summer of 2011. Photo: Golf 1<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you come to visit the North of Iceland for a golfbreak, the perfect time for it is by the end of June, when you can take part in the Arctic Open on Ja\u00f0arsv\u00f6llur, which is a beautiful par-71, 18 hole course, the northernmost in Europe. \u00a0It (the Ja\u00f0ar golfcourse) will be introduced later here on Golf 1 in detail.\u00a0Arctic Open will be held June 28th 2012 this year and you can get all further information <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcticopen.com\">HERE:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But while competing in the midnight sun in the Arctic Open is in itself well worth the travel to Akureyri, be sure not to miss the little Leifssta\u00f0ir course, which is in meticulous condition and a perfect place to practice your short game.<\/p>\n<p>To visit Leifssta\u00f0ir\u00b4s homepage click <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leifsstadir.is\/\">HERE:<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> (Tip: when on the homepage click on \u201eGolfcourse&#8221; to the left to see pictures of the beautiful 9 hole Leifssta\u00f0ir course).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leifssta\u00f0ir is a demanding 9 hole par-3 Pitch &amp; Putt Gem built on the slopes of a mountain, in Eyjafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur near Akureyri, the capital of North-Iceland. If you come to visit the North of Iceland for a golfbreak, the perfect time for it is by the end of June, when you can take part in the Arctic Open on Ja\u00f0arsv\u00f6llur, which is a beautiful par-71, 18 hole course, the northernmost in Europe. \u00a0It (the Ja\u00f0ar golfcourse) will be introduced later here on Golf 1 in detail.\u00a0Arctic Open will be held June 28th 2012 this year and you can get all further information HERE: But while competing in the midnight sun  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/leifsstadir-a-hidden-pitch-putt-gem-in-the-north-of-iceland\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30578,"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-30577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","cat-7-id"],"acf":[],"views":1518,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30577","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=30577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}