WHEELING — One of the major golf tournaments on the Ohio Valley calendar is set to tee it off this weekend at Oglebay Park for the 46th consecutive year.

For the first time, however, Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal is serving as the sponsor of the event, which will be held Saturday and Sunday with the Palmer and Jones courses at Spiedel hosting a round each day.

Though you may be thinking, ‘there’s been a Kalkreuth golf event before.’ Yes, that’s true, but that event was taken over by Bordas & Bordas and held last month at Crispin.

Kalkreuth took over the event that was formerly called the Stoney Hollow Amateur Golf Championship. Stoney Hollow had served as the chief sponsor for the event for the past 18 yeards. Other past major sponsors for the tournament were Stone & Thomas from 1972-84; Figaretti’s from 1985-1988 and United Dairy from 1989-1999.

Though it’s spot on the calendar is different, the fact that the proceeds from the Kalkreuth will benefit the Easter Seals as they have since 2011. Kalkreuth has already guaranteed a donation of at least $25,000, which will increase its total donation to $80,000 since 2011.

While Easter Seals certainly benefits from the event, the players in the field do, too. Upwards of $15,000 in prize money will be spread across all of the flights for the winners. Should a player not win, he will still receive obviously a round of golf on each of the courses during the tournament, dinner after both rounds, a complimentary cooler stuffed with gifts and a golf shirt.

The flights for the event are championship, first flight, senior flight and super senior flight. The junior champion will receive the Johnny Wilson Memorial Trophy.

Tournament Director Dan Tennant expects another impressive field of players, including several past champions. Included are both Larry Lis Jr. and Bryan Myers.

Tennant also expressed his appreciation to the event’s sponsors, which greatly aid the tournament’s ability to make such a sizeable donation to Easter Seals.

“Kalkreuth is able to sponsor this tournament and make the donation to Easter Seals with the help of many of our vendor business partners, especially our two co-title sponsors ABC Supply and Johns Manville,” Tennant said. “Since 2015, Kalkreuth has held a vendor invitational for our donating vendor business partners on the Friday before the tournament and will continue this tradition this year on Friday.”

Applications are still being taken up to end of day Wednesday . Applications are available at the Speidel Golf Club, Crispin Golf Course and the Hole ‘n Run. Applications can be found online at oglebaygc.com.

For more information, please contact Dan Tennant at 304-215-7079 or dtennant@krsm.net.

OGLEBAY PARK

GOLF CLUB

The club held its most recent event on June 24 when 80 golfers took part in the Michelob Ultra Two-Man Best Ball event. The duo of Floyd Shuler and Mike Neal prevailed with a score of 60. They won by virtue of a scorecard playoff over Brad Mitchell and McKenzie O’Brien.

George Melnik and Terry Younkins finished third with a 61, while Jim Glaser and Gary Mercer also carded a 61. Mark Dodd and James Wallace finished fifth with a 62, which is the same score that Brett Clough and Zach Stahl posted.

The closest to the pins went to Frank Bland (No. 5), Chuck Dedo (No. 7) and Bill Glitch (No. 16). The skins went to Mitchell/O’Brien on No. 2 and No. 10, while Melnick and Younkins posted a skin on No. 11.

The longest putt awards went to Jason Boger (No. 2) and Eric Stakem (No. 13).

WHEELING PARK

GOLF CLUB

The club recently held three tournaments. On June 24, the Wheeling Park Memorial was held. Art Lightner prevailed with a 67. He was seven shots better than Jim Druschel and nine shots clear of Steve Usenick. Paul Alig Sr. was fourth with a 77.

Bruno DeCrease won the handicap scoring portion of the event with a 66. Joe Haught also posted a 66 to finish second.

On June 27, the Benson and Figaretti Memorial was held with Lightner winning again with a 36. Gary Mercer was second with a 37, while Rich Colley was third with a 38. Chris Bommer and Terry Younkins also posted a round of 38.

In the handicap scoring, Josh Green was the winner with a 34, while Bill Piccard posted a 34 to finish second. Joe Wurtzbacher was third with a 35.

The Bob and Patty Hoffman Memorial was held last week, utilizing a 9-hole bestball and 9-hole scramble format. Tony Campbell and Tom Mitchell were the winners with a round of 62.

Mercer and Bommer posted a 63, which was two shots better than Robbie Evans and Doug Miller, who finished third.

Josh Green and Bill Kerns were the winners of the handicap flight with a round of 56. They won by two shots over Dick Moore and Dave Stauver. DeCrease and Wakim also posted a 58.

SCRAMBLES

Doughty Pelotonia Scramble Slated for Oglebay Park

The second annual Megan Doughty Pelotonia Golf Scramble will be held on Saturday at Oglebay Park’s Crispin Course with a 1:30 p.m. shotgun start. The cost is $100 per player. For more information, please contact Kassy Doughty at kpiergallini@yahoo.com or 740-317-3293.

Ohio Valley Wrestling Officials Association Sets Event

The Ohio Valley Wrestling Officials Association will be playing host to its annual golf scramble Saturday, Aug. 11 at Cadiz Country Club. Registration begins at noon, with shoutgun start at 1. Dinner will be served at 6. Entry fee is $240 per 4-man team. Entry includes golf, prizes, skins game and dinner. There will be prizes for longest drive, longest putt and closest to the pin on select par 3s. For more information, call Shane Kildow at (740) 391-5928 or Paul Coffland at (740) 491-0786.

Powhatan Legion Ladies

Auxiliary Slated

The Powhatan American Legion Ladies Auxiliary are sponsoring their fifth three-man golf scramble at the Clar-Mar golf course on August 11. Shotgun start at 9:00. The entry fee is $200.00, which includes golf, cart, and a dinner following at the post home. This year’s scramble is in memory of Brady Baker. Teams are limited so get your entry fees in asap. Entry fees can be made at the post home, call 740 795-4190 or 740 310-2935. Money raised will go toward their scholarships.

Muskingum Golf Outing Slated

The Muskingum University Athletic Department is hosting its annual golf outing at EagleSticks Golf Course in Zanesville on Thursday, July 26th at noon. The cost is $100 per golfer or $400 per foursome. Price includes 18 holes of golf, drink tickets, and dinner. Additionally, the event will feature a ball drop contest … $50.00 per ball with a chance to win $5,000 if your ball lands closest to the hole or in the hole. To register for the event or to purchase a ball for the ball drop – please contact Muskingum Men’s Basketball Head Coach Travis Schwab at 740-826-8423 or via email at tschwab@muskingum.edu.

Deihl Memorial

Scramble Slated

The 8th Annual Vance Deihl Memorial Scholarship Scramble is being held on Saturday, July 21 at Cadiz Golf Course in Cadiz, Ohio.

The entry fee is $60.00 per player with checks made payable to Vance Deihl Memorial Scholarship Fund. Sign in at 7:30 a. m. with a shot gun start at 8:00 a.m. The fee includes refreshments on the course, lunch at first turn, dinner after tournament, and prizes.

Vance Deihl was a teacher, coach, and athletic trainer at Martins Ferry High School for 30 years. All proceeds benefit scholarships for Martins Ferry High School seniors. For more information and to sign up a team, please contact Susann Deihl at 740-635-2069 or send team information with checks payable to Vance Deihl Scholrship Fund to Susann Deihl, 67262 Charles Street, Bridgeport, Ohio 43912.