{"id":1440,"date":"2013-03-27T08:37:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T12:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ae0.92e.myftpupload.com\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2013-03-27T14:06:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T18:06:42","slug":"st-sndrews-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/?p=1440","title":{"rendered":"St. Andrews, Scotland&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CCF03272013_00006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1438\" alt=\"CCF03272013_00006\" src=\"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CCF03272013_00006-300x205.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CCF03272013_00006-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CCF03272013_00006-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CCF03272013_00006.jpg 1747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u2026is not here in The Villages, but some very hard working dedicated volunteers are offering a lucky winner a prize of a lifetime; a round-trip, six-night stay at St. Andrews, Scotland, which also includes five rounds of golf. It may behoove us all to be kind to everyone we know, as the winner can bring along three others, so you don\u2019t necessarily have to win, you just have to have someone who likes you enough to invite you along.\u00a0 The Rotary Club of The Villages has organized a golf ball drop, which will be a sudden downpour of golf balls (6000 to be exact) onto The Villages Polo Club field from a helicopter, hot air balloon or crane.\u00a0 The ball <a href=\"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/golf-balls-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1443\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/golf-balls-001-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/golf-balls-001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/golf-balls-001-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0closest to the flag posted on the field will win.\u00a0 This event will take place on May 26<sup>th<\/sup>, at 4PM, and should be fun to experience even if you don\u2019t win.\u00a0 The second-place prize is also a round-trip ticket for four, this time to Pasadena, Calif to\u00a0 attend the 2014 Rose Bowl Parade and football game.\u00a0 Third place is a Home Spa, and fourth is dinner for eight at Bonefish Grill.\u00a0 I love the idea that you have four chances of winning something yourself, and three more chances of being someone\u2019s best friend.\u00a0 This could be a nice Mother\u2019s Day or Father\u2019s Day gift, of course mother would have to wait a few weeks to see if she got a gift, and we would have to keep it under wraps if we won for a deserving father. The money raised goes to several local charities such as Shelter Box, Project\u00a0 SOS, food pantries, Special Kids Foundation, Lady Lake Little League, Operation Shoebox and The Villages Regional Hospital.The price per golf ball is $20, or three balls for $50, and again there will only be 6000 balls sold.\u00a0 Tickets can be bought Monday Nights at Spanish Springs Town Square, Tuesday nights at Lake Sumter Landing Market Square, and online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atrotarygolfballdrop.org\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large;\">www.atrotarygolfballdrop.org<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: large;\">. Thanks Rotarians for all your hard work and I know I\u2019ll be over to take a chance.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t mastered the game of golf, however have mastered the art of shopping and after visiting St. Andrews several years ago I have to say I loved the village almost as much as the guys loved the course.\u00a0 If you are not into either sport, St. Andrews is located on the North Sea, so you can spend your time strolling the beach.\u00a0 Good luck to the winner, but also remember to be nice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CCF03272013_00003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1439\" alt=\"CCF03272013_00003\" src=\"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CCF03272013_00003-192x300.jpg\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CCF03272013_00003-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CCF03272013_00003-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CCF03272013_00003.jpg 1163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u2026is not here in The Villages, but some very hard working dedicated volunteers are offering a lucky winner a prize of a lifetime; a round-trip, six-night stay at St. Andrews, Scotland, which also includes five rounds of golf. 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