One of the area’s finest courses and clubs will be on display Monday when the Moundsville Country Club hosts the West Virginia Senior Series.

It’s the ninth event of the series, which still has dates in Parkersburg (Sept. 29) and Riverside Golf Club (Oct. 9).

Former Bridgeport High standout Brian Schambach was one of the driving forces for bringing the event to Marshall County as a member of West Virginia Golf Association Executive Committee.

The stop in Moundsville isn’t the first trip to the Ohio Valley in recent years. Courses at Oglebay have played host to several championships over the course of the years. Included in that are the OVAC and West Virginia prep championships. The Jones Course at Oglebay will host the 2009 West Virginia Open, which was previously held in Moundsville in 1995.

The senior series – which will play Monday – is for golfers age 50 and over. They are broken into three groups 50-59; 60-69 and 70 and over. Monday’s tournament is limited to 100 players and local golfers are welcome to take part. The entry fee is set at $55, which includes golf, cart, lunch and prizes. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

As the summer winds down toward the Labor Day holiday, area golf clubs and country clubs are holding their championship events. The Belmont Hills Country Club Championship wraps up this evening in St. Clairsville. Complete scores and pictures from the event will be contained in this space next week. If your club or event is holding a championship feel free to submit the results to the email address below.

WHEELING PARK MEN’S GOLF

George Melnik and Ed Toepfer teamed to win the Greco’s Scotch Scramble last week with a round of 62 on the 9-hole Wheeling Park Golf Course layout. Their score was a shot better than Roger Kupfer and Ron Heatherly and John Wilson and Dylan Mercer.

Jeff Slonaker and Mike Brickner fired a 56 in the handicap division, which was two better than John Bryan and Doug Nelson.

MOUNDSVILLE CC RESULTS

The Moundsville Country Club Ladies Association’s “Rally for the Cure” Golf Tournament was held on Aug. 13 and many prizes were awarded.

Haygen Mowder won first place with the low gross and Wanda Detemple prevailed low net. Esta Maloney of Belmont Hills and Sue Lotus of Belmont Hills were second place with Maloney in the gross and Lotus in the net.

Moundsville’s Sue Vail was third place low gross, while Wheeling Park’s Jessica Mercer was low net third place.

Joan Cook of Moundsville won the prize for fewest putts, while Maloney – who was second in the fewest putts – was the winner of the straightest drive on #1, while Linda Dowler of Belmont Hills was the winner of the longest putt on #18.

ACE

Kirk Nolte of Wheeling recorded his 10th career hole-in-one on Aug. 18 when he aced the 13th hole at Oglebay’s Crispin Course. The shot – which was achieved with a 7-iron – was witnessed Mike Potts, Mike Wilson and Ray Hornick.

BELLAIRE LEGION SCRAMBLE

The Bellaire American Legion Post 52 is sponsoring a golf scramble on Sept. 14 at Horseshoe Bend Golf Course in Armstrong Mills. The memorial fall classic is in memory of veteran Post 52 officer Tom Donahue, who was an avid golfer, St. John Central Booster, husband, father and friend.

The event is limited to 18 teams and the cost is $45 per person, which includes golf, cart, food, refreshments, prizes and door prizes. There will be a shotgun start at 9 a.m. The deadline to enter is Sept. 5 For more information contact Jim McCloud at 676-7256, Jim Piatt at 676-4050 or John McCloud at 676-8671.

OVGA RESUMES

After a two-week break, the Ohio Valley Golf Association kicks back into full swing this weekend with the seventh annual Robinson Automotive Group Amateur Classic at Wheeling Park. The entry fee is $70, but the purse is $4,000. The tournament will consist of championship medal, best ball, senior and junior medal division. The OVGA has two events remaining following next week’s two-day event. The T.J.’s Senior Amateur will be held Sept. 5, while the Wheeling Island Hotel and Casino Ohio Valley Amateur will be held at Crispin and Speidel on Sept. 13-14.

The OVGA Appreciation Banquet will be held at Wheeling Island on Sept. 17.

Staskey can be reached at sstaskey@timesleaderonline.com