June - VicSerbGolf

Brighton Golf Club 2015 – Hot Streak in Cold Weather
The coldest morning in the history of VSGC wasn’t enough to deter the members from
turning up in droves, Mirko “Legenda” Pajic & Jovanni Markovic brought along a flask
each with some single malt Rakija to start the day off.
20 eager members turned out to talk about the sensational win by the Serbia Under 20
boys (beating some 3rd world soccer nation called Brazil) in the World Cup. Aca Nikolic,
Obrad Golic & Dragan Ivkovic were lucky enough to grab some freak tickets & make
their way over to NZ & witness the event live which I think will stay with them forever as
it made all of us feel very proud. However, once the talk was over it was time for some
golf, in the way that only the VSGC know how & that was with lots of laughs, banter &
rakija to warm our hearts.
By 9.00 am the groups were formed, the gloves were on & the first ball was ready to be
hit in the trees (or the fairway). The group was lucky to have Dr Peter Pjesevac make a
return & new member Brane Ilic join in for the fun, Brane was given a handicap of 36
(very generous) & Ratko Petkovic was given the task of keeping him honest.
After 9 holes there were the usual early paces setters, Sladjan Krsic, Blaza Parovic &
Milan Vekovich, were all looking to sharpen their game & go for first prize. Lurking in
group 3 was Milutin Manojlovic who was no stranger to golf, as Milutin (whose actual
aged is estimated at between 68-92) weaved his magic around the course, the real
contender was in group 4, Nebojsa Protic had just started to get his short game in tune
& the points were starting to mount up.
By days end the sun finally came out & the golf was red hot, Nebojsa Protic was
sinking putts & his chipping was worthy of television, he was in a league of his own,
with 3 & 4 pointers breaking him away from the pack. Once all the scores came in
Nebojsa was the man to catch, Milutin Manojlovic, Blaza Parovic & Sasha Milenkovic
were all worthy efforts, however, Nebojsa had done enough to win the day.
A shout out must go to new comer Brane Ilic with 17 points, Veljko Krajacic with a solid
29 points (his highest in a while) & Timce Spasevski who had a good round & had to
share a cart with Milan Vekovich.
The Longest Drive with a monster strike straight up the middle went to Bora Vasic (not
a renown long hitter), & a great effort by Ratko Petkovic for 2 NPT’s, Sladjan Krsic,
Bobby Rankovic, Dragutin Tomic & Dragi Trkulja for all their Par 3 efforts.
Overall an excellent day & the club wishes to remind everybody that our next outing is
at Eagle Ridge Golf Club on 5th July.
The VSGC would like to inform all members if they’re interested in going to
Yarrawonga on 7-9/08/15 for 2 nights, 2 rounds of golf, dinner & breakfast (both days)
for a cost of $335 per player – please respond to the up & coming SMS message from
Milan Vekovich.
For the full list of details & photo’s please click on the results tab & see how you scored
& what you were drinking after the game. See you all at Eagle Ridge.
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Name
Nebojsa Protic
Milutin Manojlovic
Blaza Parovic
Sasha Milenkovic
Milan Vekovich
Damir Trkulja
Pavle Jonovic
Bobby Rankovic
Bora Vasic
Dragi Trkulja
Ratko Petkovic
Sladjan Krsic
Dragutin Tomic
Petar Stojanovic
Veljko Krajacic
Mirko “Legenda” Pajic
Jovanni Markovic
Timce Spasevski
Brane Ilic
Dr Peter Pjesevac
Handicap
22
26
28
12
19
16
18
19
24
19
23
19
24
30
38
23
20
27
36
28
Net Score
42
41
40
38
35
34
33
33
33
33
32
32
32
32
29
27
22
21
17
17
Nearest to Pin
Hole
No 3
No 6
No 8
No 11
No 13
No 17
Name
Ratko Petkovic
Sladjan “Krsman” Krsic
Ratko Petkovic
Bobby Rankovic
Dragutin Tomic
Dragi Trkulja
Longest Drive – 9th Hole
Bora Vasic
Christ the Redeemer – Congratulations to Serbia U20 World Cup Worthy Winners
Pavle Jonovic welcomes new member Brane Ilic & Brighton Champion Nebojsa Protic
A Hard Earnt Drink (A whole lot a Corona)
Jovan Markovic, Bobby Rankovic, Blaza Parovic & Dragutin Tomic
Enjoying the Sunny Rays
L-R – Bora Vasic, Ratko Petkovic, Veljko Krajacic, Timce Spasevski, Milutin Manojlovic
Seated – Petar Stojanovic & Mirko “Legenda” Pajic
Keeping Warm & Cooling Down
Left to Right – Blaza Parovic (seated), Damir Trkulja, Sladjan Krsic, Dragutin Tomic,
Veljko Krajacic & Dragi Trkulja
Brane Ilic & Sasha Milenkovic relaxing with a Corona
Golf is Serious Business (According to Jovanni)
Jovan Markovic & Bobby Rankovic
Time to Relax & Enjoy
Ratko Petkovic, Timce Spasevski, Milutin Manojlovic, Pavle Jonovic (back ground)
Seated – Petar Stojanovic (I move for no man) & Mirko Pajic