{"id":14388,"date":"2020-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/metthatttaka-a-golfmoti-starfsfolks-hafnarfjardarbaejar\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:16:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:16:01","slug":"metropolitan-participation-in-the-hafnarfjordur-municipal-staff-golf-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/metthatttaka-a-golfmoti-starfsfolks-hafnarfjardarbaejar\/","title":{"rendered":"Record participation in the town hall staff golf tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur municipal staff golf tournament was held in fine weather recently. Nearly 60 employees from various council departments signed up to play and gave it their all. It was a traditional stableford competition with handicap and a stroke play final for the golf champion. Nearest the pin prizes were awarded on the 4th, 6th, 10th and 16th holes of Hvaleyrarv\u00f6llur, and on the 6th hole of Sveinskotsv\u00f6llur.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>For beginners as well as more advanced learners<\/h4>\n<p>Competitions were held on both the 18-hole and 9-hole courses, and beginners as well as keen fans of the sport were encouraged to take part. It was planned to offer beginners' coaching sessions during the tournament, but in light of the social distancing and lockdown restrictions, both the coaching and the format of the prize-giving had to be cancelled.<\/p>\n<h4>The results of the golf tournament were as follows:<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>Golf course<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Hl\u00f6\u00f0ver Sigur\u00f0sson with 21 points<\/li>\n<li>Hrei\u00f0ar G\u00edslason with 20 points<\/li>\n<li>\u00de\u00f3runn Erla Stef\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir has 17 points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><em>Hvaleyrarv\u00f6llur \u2013 Stableford competition with handicap<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Hei\u00f0r\u00fan J\u00f3hannesd\u00f3ttir with 42 points<\/li>\n<li>Lov\u00edsa Traustad\u00f3ttir with 38 points<\/li>\n<li>Berg\u00fe\u00f3r Sn\u00e6r Gunnarsson scored 38 points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><em>Hvaleyrarv\u00f6llur \u2013 Stroke play<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00c1g\u00fast \u00c1rs\u00e6lsson on 72 strokes<\/li>\n<li>Halld\u00f3r Ing\u00f3lfsson on 74 strokes<\/li>\n<li>Hei\u00f0r\u00fan J\u00f3hannsd\u00f3ttir on 86 strokes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><em>Nearness prizes were awarded on the par-3 holes at Hvaleyrarvellir.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hole 4 \u2013 Ell\u00fd Erlingsd\u00f3ttir 1.2 m<\/li>\n<li>Hole 6 \u2013 Gar\u00f0ar Gu\u00f0mundsson 7.3 m<\/li>\n<li>Hole 10 \u2013 R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir 3.0 m<\/li>\n<li>Hole 15 \u2013 \u00c1g\u00fast \u00c1rs\u00e6lsson 0.92 m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It's safe to say that anticipation for the 2021 staff golf tournament is already building, and we've heard that even more people are planning to take part. The sport of golf is truly on the rise, and it certainly helps that Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is home to one of the country's finest golf courses.<\/p>\n<p>We sincerely congratulate the winners and thank the entire group for a fantastic tournament! Until next time!&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golfm\u00f3t starfsf\u00f3lks Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar var haldi\u00f0 \u00ed bl\u00ed\u00f0vi\u00f0ri \u00e1 d\u00f6gunum.&nbsp;H\u00e1tt \u00ed 60 starfsmenn fr\u00e1 fj\u00f6lbreyttum starfsst\u00f6\u00f0vum sveitarf\u00e9lagsins skr\u00e1\u00f0u sig til leiks og l\u00e9ku \u00e1 alls oddi. Um var a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a hef\u00f0bundi\u00f0 punktam\u00f3t me\u00f0 forgj\u00f6f og h\u00f6ggleik \u00e1n forgjafar til golfmeistara. Veitt voru n\u00e1ndarver\u00f0laun \u00e1 4., 6., 10. og 16. brautum Hvaleyrarvallar og \u00e1 6. braut Sveinskotsvallar.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14388"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}