{"id":3140,"date":"2008-07-28T04:27:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T04:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2008-07-28T04:27:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T04:27:00","slug":"norfolk-island-stages-international-golf-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/07\/norfolk-island-stages-international-golf-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Norfolk Island Stages International Golf Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travmedia.com\/images\/db\/168633.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travmedia.com\/images\/db\/168633.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:78%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Looking across Emily Bay to Norfolk Island Golf Course<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Norfolk Island is set to host the second annual Governor&#8217;s Cup, an international teams event offering $10,000 worth of prizes on the island&#8217;s ocean-front golf course from November 15-22.<\/p>\n<p>The par 72, 18 tee course winds around the southern edge of beautiful Emily Bay, offering magnificent views of the lagoon and neighbouring Nepean and Phillip Islands.<\/p>\n<p>One of the oldest courses in Australia, it was opened on the edge of the island&#8217;s Georgian-era penal settlement in 1909. The clubhouse is a sandstone building erected as the stipendiary magistrate&#8217;s residence by convicts in the 1840s and officially consecrated as a golf club by Queen Elizabeth on her 1974 visit.<\/p>\n<p>Entries are open for men, women and mixed teams of two playing a four ball best ball on day 1, two-person Ambrose on day 2 and a four ball aggregate stableford on day 3. Social events include a welcome night and presentation dinner at the close of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Norfolk Island appeals to Australians because it is one of the most affordable international destinations available, providing an exciting mix of action, nature and history.<\/p>\n<p>Norfolk Air flies to the island three times a week from Sydney and Brisbane, each Monday from Newcastle and each Friday from Melbourne, with flights from the Gold Coast to begin in October.<\/p>\n<p>The Norfolk Island Travel Centre has a special Governor&#8217;s Cup package available for Aud$2062 per person out of Brisbane and $2125 per person from Sydney. The prices include return airfares to Norfolk Island, seven nights twin share accommodation at Governor&#8217;s Lodge Resort, seven-day car hire (car insurance and petrol are extra), daily fully-cooked breakfast, Governor&#8217;s Cup green fees and competition entry fee, welcome happy hour and buffet dinner, Governor&#8217;s Gala Dinner and Presentation and other extras. For more information or to book call toll free (aus only)1800 1400 66 or email <a href=\"mailto:samantha@travelcentre.nf\">samantha@travelcentre.nf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For general information on Norfolk Island, including the golf course, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norfolkisland.nf\/\">www.norfolkisland.nf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking across Emily Bay to Norfolk Island Golf Course Norfolk Island is set to host the second annual Governor&#8217;s Cup, an international teams event offering $10,000 worth of prizes on the island&#8217;s ocean-front golf course from November 15-22. The par 72, 18 tee course winds around the southern edge of beautiful Emily Bay, offering magnificent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}