{"id":56604,"date":"2013-01-07T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.golf1.is\/?p=56604"},"modified":"2013-01-10T09:53:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T09:53:56","slug":"introducing-ingvar-hreinsson-chairman-of-the-golf-club-in-siglufjordur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/introducing-ingvar-hreinsson-chairman-of-the-golf-club-in-siglufjordur\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Ingvar Hreinsson – Chairman of the Golf Club in Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we\u00b4ll publish an interview with\u00a0Ingvar Hreinsson<\/strong>, chaiman of the Golf Club in Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in the North of Iceland.<\/p>\n

What is your name?: <\/em>Ingvar Kristinn Hreinsson.<\/p>\n

Member of which Golf Club in Iceland are you?<\/em>\u00a0The Golf Club of Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, GKS.<\/p>\n

Where and when were you born?<\/em> In Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, September 28th 1961.<\/p>\n

Where did you grow up?<\/em> In Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n

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Ingvar Hreinsson – manager of the Golf Club of Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur (GKS) and behind him…. the majestic mountains of Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Photo: Golf 1<\/p><\/div>\n

What is your family status? \/ Does anyone in your family play golf? \u00a0<\/i>I\u00b4m married and I have 4 children and 3 grandchildren. My two boys, one of my girls and my wife are starting to play golf.\u00a0
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When (At what age) did you start playing golf? <\/i>\u00a0I started playing a bit in 1976, but I\u00b4ve been hooked since 1995.<\/p>\n

Why did you start playing golf? \u00a0<\/i>I just don\u00b4t know. I thought golf was interesting and as everyone knows there\u00b4s no way back once you\u00b4ve gotten the golf bacteria.<\/p>\n

What is you occupation? \u00a0<\/i>I work for the Directorate of Internal Revenue; I\u00b4m a specialist regarding taxes on companies.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>What do you prefer, playing on a parkland or links style course? <\/i>Parkland courses.<\/p>\n

Which do you prefer, match or stroke play?<\/i> \u00a0Stroke play.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite golfcourse in Iceland? <\/i>The Geysir GC and the golfcourse of Hamar in Borgarnes (in the western part of Iceland.)<\/p>\n

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The Geysir golfcourse in the South of Iceland is one of Ingvar Hreinsson\u00b4s favorite golfcourses. Photo: Golf 1.<\/p><\/div>\n

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What is your favorite golfcourse anywhere else in the world except for Iceland?<\/em> Providence Orlando og Atlantis West Palm Beach.<\/p>\n

What is your handicap?<\/em> 11,3.<\/p>\n

What is your lowest score in golf and on which golfcourse did you achieve it? \u00a0<\/em>81 strokes \u2013 on H\u00f3lsv\u00f6llur, in Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, July 19th 2009.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Coast of Arms of The Providence Golf Club in Orlando – one of Ingvar\u00b4s favorite Golf Club\u00b4s abroad<\/p><\/div>\n

What is your longest drive?<\/em> It\u00b4s on either side of the 200 meters (218 yards).<\/p>\n

What is your greatest achievement in golf to date?<\/em> Probably having lowered my handicap 1,6 one summer.<\/p>\n

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From the Providence golfcourse<\/p><\/div>\n

Have you ever had a hole in one?<\/em>\u00a0 No.<\/p>\n

What snacks do you have in the bag?<\/em>\u00a0Whatever is in the fridge.<\/p>\n

What other sports have you taken part in?\u00a0<\/em>Football, handball, ski-jumping and swimming.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite food, your favorite drink, your favorite music, your favorite movie and your favorite book?\u00a0<\/em>My favorite food is \u00a0ptarmigan;\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0my favorite drink is Egils Malt<\/strong> (an Icelandic malt beverage), my favorite music: anything with\u00a0Fleetwood Mac<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Dire Straits. I have no favorite movie nor book<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Who is your favorite golfver. Name 1 male and 1 female?<\/em>\u00a0Male: Rory McIlroy. Female: Stacy Lewis.<\/p>\n

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Rory McIlroy is Ingvar\u00b4s favorite golfer.<\/p><\/div>\n

What is your dream foursome? Me and\u2026.<\/em>\u00a0Bubba Watson, Greg Norman and Jack Nicklaus.<\/p>\n

What\u00b4s in the bag and what is your favorite club?<\/em>\u00a0I have TaylorMade r7 cgb irons ,two rescue clubs; TaylorMade Burner 19\u00b0 and \u00a0TaylorMade Burner Superfast 2.0 21\u00b0. My driver is a TaylorMade Superfast 2.0 10,5\u00b0 \u00a0and the putter is a Ping ZING USA. My favorite club is the 19\u00b0 Burner.<\/p>\n

Have you taken golflessons?<\/em>\u00a0Yes, but it has not translated to the golfcourse<\/p>\n

Are you superstitious?<\/em>\u00a0No.<\/p>\n

What are your goals in golf?<\/em>\u00a0To enjoy the game.<\/p>\n

What is your main goal in life?<\/em>\u00a0To be content.<\/p>\n

What do you like the best about golf?<\/em>\u00a0 That it is a \u201eout-doorsy” sport and the company.<\/p>\n

How high a percentage do you think the mental part is of your game when you\u00b4re competeing? \u00a0<\/em>It\u00a0is around 50%.<\/p>\n

At last: Do you have some good piece of advice you can give golfers? <\/em>Relax and enjoy yourselves after all it\u00b4s just a game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we\u00b4ll publish an interview with\u00a0Ingvar Hreinsson, chaiman of the Golf Club in Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in the North of Iceland. What is your name?: Ingvar Kristinn Hreinsson. Member of which Golf Club in Iceland are you?\u00a0The Golf Club of Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, GKS. Where and when were you born? In Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, September 28th 1961. Where did you grow up? In Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. What is your family status? \/ Does anyone in your family play golf? \u00a0I\u00b4m married and I have 4 children and 3 grandchildren. My two boys, one of my girls and my wife are starting to play golf.\u00a0 When (At what age) did you start playing golf? \u00a0I started playing a bit Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56612,"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-56604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","cat-7-id"],"acf":[],"views":1622,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56604","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=56604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}