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Game 5 – Melton Valley Last Sunday the CGC held its one only doubles competition for the year …. The format was Stableford using the 4 Ball Best Ball format which was well run by our Captain (Joe Jerkic) and very well accepted by the members. The recent resurgence in playing numbers continued with almost 50 players in attendance on a beautiful autumn day. Thank you to our sponsor for the day Frank Franjic, who even with an injured shoulder still managed to attend, even though his youngest son was on the bench for the Melbourne Knights senior team ….. now that’s loyalty. Once again our club secretary was in the wars … after suffering heat stroke in our very first game we now hear that in an attempt to finally secure a longest drive trophy he has torn his latissmus dorsi (look it up … I had to) and could be out of action for a few weeks. It has been suggested that he may be better suited to making salad for our cooks. Back to the golf …. The winners for the day were Steve Djopa and Bobby Princip who amassed an amazing 51 pts ahead of Ivan Borkovic and Mark Radic with 50 pts. Many thanks to the Melton Valley Golf Club who turned out a course in magnificent condition and once again looked after us in their usual professional manner. Our next game (May 16 at 8:00AM) will be held at the Dunes Golf Links in Rye and is also the second round of the masters knockout competition and club championship. If you intend on going either as a member or as a guest please contact Ange Hrastov on 0418 666 305 by the 5th of May.
Game 4 – St Andrews Beach The second round of the Masters knock-out competition saw a very healthy attendance with 50 players travelling to the Mornington Peninsula for what turned out to be a somewhat challenging but still pleasant experience. The course itself can be described as challenging in more ways than one however considering that there were no motorised carts available our elderly members fared exceptionally well. Nearest The Pin Hole 4 Mate Tomac Hole 6 Martin Babic Hole 11 Alojz Hojnik Hole 16 John Beljan Longest Drive Hole 7 Steven Jerkic Hole 18 Joe Jerkic Off the Stick Winner Daily Nett Runner Up Ivan Cindric 72 Daily Nett Winner Steven Jerkic 71 Game 3 – Gisborne Following some of the wildest and wettest weather seen in some time quite a number of members sought the refuge of a warm bed rather than an early morning start at Gisborne. Those that did decide to brave the conditions were rewarded with an excellent day for golf and a course that was in absolutely magnificent condition. A total of 35 players Once again there were shenanigans a plenty both on and off the course! We’d like to remind Tim of a little thing called gravity and highlight the fact that things do roll down hill …. Then again the sight of a runaway buggy heading toward a lake with Tim in hot pursuit was priceless. Many thanks to our sponsor for the day Mr Barkly Glass (Steve Djopa) …. Your support is appreciated however the debate still goes on as to wether scoring 35 pts was tactical or bad luck!!!!! Speaking of Steve, he teamed up with our president (Tony Vujic) to take on Tony Kolceg and Vinnie Pavlovic. Needless to say that Vinnie lost once again (nothing new!) but what was amazing was the fact that after losing they attempted the double or nothing approach and duly lost a second time. (Kolceg what were you thinking?) It was announced that the 2010 CGC Trip Away Championship will be held at the Murray Downs Golf Club in Swan Hill, you can secure your place by placing a $100 deposit. It was also decided that next years 20th Anniversary 2012 Trip Away Championship will be held at the newly developed Hamilton Island Golf Club. For more information go to www.cgcmelb.org Our next game (March 21st at 8:00AM) will be held at St Andres Beach Golf Club. (Near Cape Schanck)
Game 2 – Creswick The second game of the year was held at the Robert Allenby designed Forest Resort golf course in Creswick. A total of 62 players turned up as the real competition began last Sunday as this was the qualification round for this year Masters Competition. The best 32 scores automatically qualified for this year knock out competition. Once again a warm day was at hand to greet our members which combined with a demanding and undulating course made life difficult for all players, particularly some of our young guns as well as our few of our senior brigade. The CGC would like to thank The Melbourne Knights who were our major sponsor for the day and donated a gold membership for the 2010 season. There were a number of incidents on the day that were bemusing and perplexing, not the least of which was the greens themselves, to say that the greens were difficult would be an understatement, even Phil Mickleson would have had difficulty reading these greens. Drago Hrastov must have wondered what he did to upset the golfing gods when a tap in 6 inch putt ended up 15m past the hole not once but twice to end up having 7 putts. Tony Topcic started the front nine like a man possessed shooting a 45 with an 8 on his card, however the back nine brought him back down to earth. In the end it was Frank Bajer Jnr upon is his return to the club who dealt with the conditions the best by shooting a nett score of 73. The club welcomed back Frank Jugovic and true to form he simply resumed where he’d left off shooting 81 off the stick. Our next game (March 7th at 7:00AM) will be held at the Gisborne Golf Club.
The CGC Melbourne had its first game of 2010 last Sunday at Sandringham Golf Club, unfortunately Melbourne’s brutally dry conditions have wreaked havoc on the once picturesque course leaving the fairways in very poor condition. If the course condition wasn’t enough of a challenge the weather served up an even more daunting prospect with 37’C heat and very strong Northerly winds to contend with. Even given the fact that the competition format was 2 person Ambrose a number of members were struggling to finish, however our secretary wasn’t as fortunate and succumbed to heat exhaustion and needed to be assisted off the course. (A big thank you to all those members who attended to his well being, it was very much appreciated.) Given the conditions it was pleasing to have 55 players turn up to the first game. The day ended with a number of highlights, the first being Ian Little’s tee shot on the par 3 10th hole to secure his first award with the club and Gsp. Iva’s nearest the pin on the 7th. Unfortunately Ian’s heroics and Timi Zivolic’s class were not enough to take the trophy from the eventual winners Ivan Istuk and Miro Franjic. Given this result it would appear that Miro’s regular doubles partner may be looking for another partner. Our next game (February 21 at 9:00AM) will be held at the Novotel Forest Resort, Creswick and it will also be the qualifying game for our masters competition. If you intend on going either as a member or as a guest please contact Ange Hrastov on 0418 666 305 by the 13th of February.
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