{"id":1726,"date":"2010-09-13T19:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T02:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeffwallach.com\/?p=1726"},"modified":"2011-02-20T10:19:58","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T17:19:58","slug":"your-home-at-the-home-of-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/golf\/1726\/your-home-at-the-home-of-golf","title":{"rendered":"Your Home at the Home of Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/MH-LIT-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1727\" title=\"MH LIT 2 (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/MH-LIT-2-1-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a>While I haven&#8217;t stayed there myself, everything about Monarchs House, in St. Andrews, suggests it&#8217;s worth a visit. \u00a0With seven bedrooms and baths, a drawing room with stocked bar and fireplace, a gleaming modern kitchen, and an address that would make Old Tom Morris jealous, it seems perfect for families or double foursomes. \u00a0The Inn\u00a0even has a silver replica claret jug in the foyer, and if nobody&#8217;s watching, you could fill it with champagne (or Diet Coke, if you&#8217;re John Daly) and pretend you just won the Open Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Even better, owners are currently offering two chances to win a week&#8217;s stay, valued at about 8,500 pounds. \u00a0One drawing is open to loyal patrons who&#8217;ve stayed at Monarchs House before. \u00a0The other is a drawing open to any visitor to their website (<a href=\"http:\/\/monarchshouse.com\">monarchshouse.com<\/a>) who leaves a comment on why you&#8217;d like to visit St. Andrews. \u00a0And a week&#8217;s stay at this elegant hostelry would seem reason enough, though we don&#8217;t suspect you&#8217;ll win just for saying that. \u00a0But if that&#8217;s ample commentary, we hope they&#8217;ll consider us eligible.<\/p>\n<p>2011 marks Monarchs House&#8217;s 10th anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I haven&#8217;t stayed there myself, everything about Monarchs House, in St. Andrews, suggests it&#8217;s worth a visit. \u00a0With seven&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/golf\/1726\/your-home-at-the-home-of-golf\" title=\"ReadYour Home at the Home of Golf\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3232,3600,17],"tags":[944172,5284],"class_list":["post-1726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-st-andrews","category-world-golf-tour","category-courses-and-travel","tag-st-andrews","tag-monarchs-house"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/MH-LIT-2-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1726"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2233,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions\/2233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}