Showalter co-chairs Ted Showalter (left) and Dave Diosi (right) pose with former Pittsburgh Penguin Phil Bourque prior to last Wednesday’s tournament at Belmont Hills Country Club. The event pays tribute to the late Jeffrey Showalter who passed away due to a car accident and serves as the chief fundraiser for the Ohio Valley Christian Soldiers.

The fourth annual Jeff Showalter Memorial Celebrity Golf Classic was held this past Wednesday at Belmont Hills Country Club and went off without a hitch. The weather was ideal, the drives were long, the greens were fair, the course was challenging, but beyond all of that the day was enjoyable and it was profitable for the Ohio Valley Christian Soldiers, which is a Christian-based organization formed to aid Ohio Valley charities. The scramble is the group’s biggest fundraiser through the course of the year and before this week’s tournament, it had already raised more than $90K. It’s easy to see why the tournament has done so well. It’s an absolute first-class event that golfers and sponsors alike have rallied behind. And again, the money is for a great cause. Major sponsors Huntington Bank and Whiteside are joined by 19 other event sponsors as well as countless hole sponsors. Golf scrambles don’t evolve into what the Showalter has become over night.