The annual Butch Soukup Memorial Golf Scramble, which is conducted by the St. Clairsville Saints Club, is slated for Sunday, May 3 at Belmont Hills Country Club.

The event benefits the St. Clairsville High School golf program. The cost to enter is $70 per player and it includes golf, cart, post-round dinner by Outback, which will be held at the St. C. American Legion Post 159.

Prior to play, Starbucks will be offering coffee and pastries, starting at 8 a.m. Play is slated to go off at 8:45 a.m.

According to tournament director Randy Mellott, only a few spots still remain in the field.

Bruce Poe of McGee Office Supply is sponsoring a $25,000 prize for a hole-in-one on the par 3, second hole. Bob Sabo, with Nationwide Insurance, is sponsoring a $5,000 putting contest.

Along with the golf event, the St. C. golf parents will be conducting a 50-50 raffle to benefit a scholarship. That award was first presented last year and went to current Alderson-Broaddus golfer Seth Vannoy.

For more information, please call Randy Mellott at 740-338-0578.

WHEELING PARK GOLF CLUB

The Miklas Meat Market event was held last Sunday. Bruno DeCrease won the medal portion of the event with a round of 68. He was four shots clear of Roger Kupfer, who finished second.

Dave Slonaker finished third with a 75, while Gary Mercer and Chris Bommer rounded out the top five. They also posted 75s.

In the handicap scoring, Bob Green prevailed with a 68. David Coram had a 68 to finish second. Nick Klamut had a 68 and Jerry Yuhase also finished with a 68. Rounding out the top five was Robbie Evans with a 74.

WHEELING CC RESULTS

The Men’s Opening Day Tournament was delayed until Sunday, but went off under ideal conditions.

The duo of Doc Shaffer and Brad Archer prevailed with a round of 64. Second place went to the team of John Wright IV and Jim Brinsky.

Third place, which was a score of 65, was posted by John McDonald and Teddy McDonald.

In the gross scoring, Joe Blalock and Rico Simonetti prevailed with a round of 65. Second place went to Ron Stephens and Tim Roberts with a round of 71.

Phil High won the closest to the pin on No. 3 for players with a 14 and above handicap and Jim Squibb captured the closest to the pin on No. 9 for players with a handicap of 13 and under.

Also on Sunday, the club held its annual Pick a Pro event in conjunction with the Masters.

Matt and Brendan Ball teamed for a round of 66. Their pro was Hideki Matsuyama, who shot a 66 in the final round at Augusta for a total score of 122.

Second place went to David Shaffer and Brad Archer. They posted a 64 and their pro, Dustin Johnson, shot a 69.

There was a tie for third between Jim Taylor and Christian Miller (68) along with their pro, Rory McIlroy (66) and Rich Churilla and Phil High (67) along with their pro, Jamie Donaldson, finished with a 134.

SENIOR GOLF LEAGUE

There will be an organizational meeting for senior golfers on April 20 at 10 a.m. at the Secrest Center in Senacaville. League play begins May11 at Robins Ridge golf course. Practice rounds will be April 27 and May 4th. For additional information contact Greg at 740-624-1651.

UPCOMING SCRAMBLES

• THE SARDIS Volunteer Fire Department will host its fourth annual golf scramble on Saturday, May 9 at Fairway Riverside Golf Course in Sardis. The four-play, better-ball scramble will begin with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Cash prizes for the top three teams will be awarded. Door prizes, raffles are included in the $200 per team entry fee. That also includes breakfast items, lunch and a t-shirt. For more information, please contact Kevin Winkler at 740-310-0610 or via email at kevin-winkler@sbcglobal.net .

• THE SIXTH annual Don L. Seamon Memorial Golf Scramble will be held on Friday, April 24 at Moundsville Country Club. The team sponsorship cost is $500, which includes golf, range balls, cart, lunch, dinner. Individuals can enter for $100. There will be prizes for the top three teams and prizes for skill contests.

• THE ANNUAL YMCA Bobby Baker Memorial Golf Scramble, sponsored by Panhandle Cleaning & Restoration, will be held on Friday, May 1 at Belmont Hills Country Club. The event will feature a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The cost is $75 per player and that includes golf, cart, dinner, refreshments and there will be plenty of door prizes available. The deadline to register is April 19. The top two placing teams will receive prizes. All proceeds of the event will benefit youth sports at the YMCA. For more information, please contact Curtis McGhee at 304-242-8086.

• THE HARRY Slacum Memorial Golf Scramble, which will benefit the Children’s Miracle Network, will be held on Wednesday, May 27 at Oglebay Park’s Crispin Course. The event will begin with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.. The event will feature four-person teams and the cost to enter is $50 per player. The cost includes golf, cart and food. For more information, please contact Lou D’Amico at 740-827-1758.

• THE OHIO VALLEY Wrestling Officials Association will hold its golf scramble on Saturday, Aug. 8 at Cadiz Country Club. The event will begin at 1 p.m. with a shotgun start. The cost is $220 for a four-person team and that includes golf, cart, prizes, skins game and dinner. There will be special skill prizes for long drive, longest putt and closest to the pin. There are sponsorship opportunities available, too. There are $50 hole sponsors or $500 for a major sponsor, which includes a team. The proceeds of the event benefit OVAC wrestling and local scholarships. For more information, or to register, please contact Shane Kildow at 740-391-5928 or Paul Coffland at 740-491-0786.

LOCAL?GOLD?INFO SOUGHT

Off The Tee golf section is back again and will once again run twice during the week throughout the spring and summer.

As I try to make this column as much about local golf as possible, I need your help. If you’re having a scramble, we want to hear about it. If you have results of a league, we want to hear about those, too. If you know of just something interesting happening in golf, we want that info as well. Don’t forget about area natives who are playing golf collegiately. Feel free to send information on those as well.

Basically, if it’s local golf related, feel free to submit it because we want to hear about it.

Staskey can be reached via email at sstaskey@timesleaderonline.com or on Twitter at twitter.com/TLSportsSeth