Dave Clarke has put together quite the area golf resume.

He’s a multiple-time Belmont Hills Country Club Champion and has fared quite well in Ohio Valley Golf Association events.

He added another chapter last weekend when he claimed the Zoar Memorial Amateur Championship Senior Division title at the Zoar Village Golf Course in Dover.

Clarke finished with a score of 154 in the multiple-day event. He catapulted himself to the top of the leaderboard with a final round score of 72, which was even and 10 shots better than he shot in the opening round.

Clarke’s score was three shots better than his nearest competitor, who was Jeff Sparks from Cincinnati.

In the medal division, Tyler Maranville, who played collegiately at Tiffin, prevailed with a score of 143. He shot an even par round of 72 in the final round to hold off Aaron Crewse of North Canton for the win.

TOUCHING TRIBUTE

John Wilson was very active in the Ohio Valley in promoting junior golf. He used to supply plenty of information to Bubba Kapral when he began penning this golf piece many years ago.

Unfortunately, Wilson died last year, but his memory in area golf hasn’t.

Last week, The John Marshall golf team began rebuilding the fifth tee at Wheeling Park Golf Course. Wilson used to care for the hole and the Monarchs decided they wanted to pay homage to him and try their best to make the hole as nice as it once way.

Many times people have scrambles or benefits to honor someone’s memory, but what the Monarchs are doing is different and well received. Now, everyone who plays Wheeling Park Golf Course will remember Wilson’s memory.

It was a very touching tribute for an especially good man.

Kudos to John Marshall’s golf team for making it happen.

SENECAVILLE SENIOR LEAGUE

The league continued last Wednesday with a full field of players. The closest to the pins were recorded by Gary Mayberry and Bud Lucas.

The low net went to Hannahs and Hannahs with a 32, while they shared the low gross with Pilck and McJessey as well as Stayroff and Mayberry at 34.

The complete results are as follows:

Results: Saltz/Roe 2, Peters/Hartley 0; Pilck/McJessey 2, Bodner/McGee 0; Stavroff/Mayberry 2, allender/Shipe 0; Clapper/Magers 2, Trott/Kapolka 0; Hannahs/Hannahs 2, StClair/StClair 0; Lucas/Samida 2, Bickford/Waske 0; Koegler/Robinson 2, Milhone/Shultice 0; Williams/Ruppel 2, Davis/Knowlton 0; Gander/Wickham 2, Pontius/Hodges 0; Stevens/Hartley 2, Coblentz/Arnold 0

BELMONT HILLS JUNIOR

TOURNAMENT

The annual junior tournament will be held on Monday, July 27 at Belmont Hills Country Club. The event will feature divisions for boys and girls, including ages 17-18, 15-16 and 13-14 for boys; 16-18 and 13-15 for girls. The event will begin at 10 a.m. with a shotgun start.

The top three finishers in each age group, for boys and girls, will receive an award. The entry fee is $30 with checks being made payable to Barnesville Golf Parents.

Lunch will be provided for all tournament contestants and available for purchase for all spectators. Carts will be available for spectators, but they must remain on the cart path.

The deadline to enter is Monday, July 14. For more information, please contact Nick Bauman at 740-827-2794.

BELMONT HILLS

JUNIOR CLINICS

A chance for area youth to improve their golf games will begin on June 2 and run throghout the month at Belmont Hills Country Club during it’s annual junior golf clinics.

The dates are as follows: June 2, 5, 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 24 and 29. The cost is $125 for members and $150 for non members. Class times will be assigned on Sunday, May 31.

For more information, or to register, please call the BHCC pro shop at 695-2263.

UPCOMING SCRAMBLES

• THE WHEELING Jesuit University Cardinal Athletic Club Golf Scramble will be held on Thursday, June 4 at the Arnold Palmer Golf Course at Oglebay Park. The four-person scramble is $400 per team and every hole has a prize, including special prizes for women. The tournament will be limited to 128 players or 32 teams. The cost includes green fees, cart, lunch, beverages on the course and dinner immediately following the round. For more information, please contact Dan Sancomb at 304-243-2366.

• The Bellaire Touchdown Club will be sponsoring its ninth annual golf outing on Saturday, June 27 at Fairway River Links. The entry fee is $60 per person or $240.00 per team of four. The cost includes cart, lunch and beverages during the scramble and a dinner afterwards. Entries forms are available at Gulla’s Lunch, Fairway River Links, Frizzi’s Market or at the Am. Legion. For more information, please call Norm at 699-0313, Jay at 359-7037 or Bob at 676-5490.

• The Tom Donahue Memorial Classic Golf Scramble will be held on Saturday, July 11 at Horseshoe Bend Golf Course in Armstrong Mills. The entry fee is $50 per player or $200 per team and that must be paid by July 4. The fee includes golf, cart, food, refreshments, prizes and door prizes. The event will be a four-person, best-ball event. There will be an optional skins game for $5. Registration is from 8-9 a.m. and the event will begin at 9. There is a limit of 72 golfers. For more information, please contact Bill Wilson (740-391-9841), Harold “Buzz” Donahue (740-676-4110) or Dick Johnson (740-359-2301).

• THE 16TH annual Sons of Italy Bellaire Lodge #754 is holding its annual scramble to benefit Alzheimers & Cooley’s Anemia Charities on Monday, June 8 at Oglebay Park’s Crispin Course. The event will begin with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. The entry feet for the event is $200 per team, which includes golf, cart, refreshments and dinner after the round. The top three teams will receive prizes and the event is limited to 36 teams. For more information, contact Phil Pata at 695-0691.

• 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.

• The fifth annual Amanda Rosepapa Memorial Foundation golf scramble is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 1.

The event will be a four-person scramble at Horseshoe Bend Golf Course in Armstrong Mills and the entry fee is $200 per team. The cost includes golf, cart, lunch and beverages. There will be prizes for longest drive, longest putt and closest to the pin.

The proceeds of the event will benefit the OVAC softball scholarship and go toward starting a “second chance fund” for nursing students at Belmont College.

Registrations are available by contacting Anita Day at 740-676-0366 or on Facebook through the Amanda Rosepapa Memorial Foundation page.