They’re making room in the Ohio University Health and Physical Education Center for yet another Ohio Regional Campus Conference Tournament banner.

For the first time in the school’s strong athletic history, the Panthers are Ohio Regional Campus Conference Tournament champions in the sport of men’s golf.

The Panthers wrapped up the title by posting the best round of their season, shooting a score of 302 at the Zanesville Invitational to win by 22 shots over OU-Chilicothe.

Following that round, they posted a 311 at Cadiz Country Club last weekend to win by 15 shots in the Eastern Invitational, which wrapped up the ORCC crown.

“Coming into the season, I thought we had the ability to be a really strong team, but it’s always a matter of whether or not the scores would follow,” OUE head coach Steve Luckhardt said. “I didn’t expect us to have as good of a season as we did. We’re still a very young team, but these guys are really into it and committed to it.”

The Panthers were led at the Eastern Invitational by Buckeye Trail grad Justin Wilson, who shot a 75 to win the medalist crown. Steubenville Central product Thad Schrickel, who is the lone senior on the squad, posted a 77.

Union Local grad Trevor Mudrak was third on the team with a 78 and Buckeye Trail’s Austin Warehime fired an 81 to round out the Panthers’ scoring.

After the opening nine holes, Luckhardt thought his players settled down after they had a pretty good idea that they’d put the title in ice.

“We had a 45-shoot cushion or so at the start of the round and after we saw the scores on the opening nine, we kind of figured we’d be OK,” Luckhardt pointed out. “So, it wasn’t too nerve-wracking.

Helping to guide OUE to its first golf title is especially sweet for Luckhardt since he’s a graduate of the school.

Though the conference title is wrapped up, OUE’s season isn’t finished. It will compete in the Ohio Regional Campus State Tournament, hosted by Miami Middletown and Miami Hamilton.

OGLEBAY PARK GOLF CLUB

The annual Dubie Dailer Memorial Tournament – a two-man scramble – was held last Sunday.

There was a medal scoring and a handicap scoring system utilized with 10 teams in each grouping.

The team of Bryan Myers and Joe Doerr won the crown with a round of 58. They were two shots better than Mike Wetzel and Joe Grilli.

Finishing third overall was the team of Gary Kiedaisch and Zack Sonnefeld with a 62.

Rounding out the top five were Grant Van Laar and Zack Hood with a 64. Fifth was Wally Chlon and Andrew Chlon, who also finished with a 64.

In the handicap scoring, the duo of Greg Woodfin and Dave Slonaker prevailed with a score of 57. Tom Gessler and Don Shunaway finished second with a 58.

In third place was Jim Irwin and Drew Irwin with a 58. Dan Tennant and Scott Blass with a 59.

Ray Hornick and Greg McCroskey finished fifth with a round of 60.

There were also closest to the pins held. Those went to Drew Irwin (No. 2), Jeff Glover (No. 5), Harry Himrod (No. 7), Dan Janovich (No. 10) and Jonathan Haley (No. 13).

The skins went to Myers and Doerr (No. 9) along Brad Mitchell and McKenzie O’Brien (No. 12).

The longest drive crowns went to Mike Wetzel (No. 4) and Terry Younkins (No. 12).

ACE

Lewis DeVault, of Moundsville, aced the No. 8, 125-yard, par-3 hole at Fairway River Links in rayland Monday. He used an 8-iron.

Witnessing the ace were Bill Foster, Jim Foster and Kerry Foster.

UPCOMING SCRAMBLES

• THE FLUSHING Masonic Lodge scholarship scramble is an open tournament for the first 22 teams to register. The event will be held on Saturday, May 16 at Cadiz Country Club. The event will begin at 12:30 p.m. with a shotgun start. Lunch and registration will be served at 11:30 a.m. The entry fee is $65, which includes skins games, steak dinner, awards, door prizes, beverages, golf and cart. All proceeds of the event will benefit two $500 scholarships at both Union Local and Harrison Central High School. For more information, please contact William McGowan at 740-491-0349 or Chuck Bizzari at 740-491-3183.

• 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 4TH annual Thomas R. Dowler Memorial Golf Scramble will be held at Belmont Hills Country Club on May 18. The event will begin with a shotgun start at noon and lunch and registration will begin at 11 a.m.

The proceeds of the event will go to the Dowler fund, which supports students, faculty, programs and facilities of Belmont College. There are four levels of sponsorship available. For more information, please contact R.J. Konkoeski at 699-3980.

• 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 annual Butch Soukup Memorial Golf Scramble, which is conducted by the St. Clairsville Saints Club, is slated for today 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.

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.

• 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.