Pandel Savic revels at portrait of himself from his playing days at Ohio State (Photo: Courtesy: The Memorial Tournament, 247Sports) There are lives that are worth living … and then there is the life of Pandel Savic. Savic passed away on Tuesday at the age of 92. Officials at Muirfield Village Golf Club, where Savic was the Memorial Tournament’s general chairman emeritus, announced the news of Savic’s passing. Savic’s life experience would be worthy of a motion picture. He immigrated from Macedonia to the United States at the age of 9. He enlisted and fought with the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. He then enrolled at Ohio State, where he lettered three years in football from 1947-49. While at OSU, Pandel quarterbacked the Buckeyes to their first bowl victory of any kind over California at the Rose Bowl victory on Jan. 2, 1950. After college, Savic built a…
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