Woodberry Forest Golf: 4/17/11

Friday, April 22, 2011

JV golf remains undefeated

The JV Golf Team defeated Collegiate today, 165-191. Spence Townsend was medalist for the match, shooting a 38.
The junior Tigers are now 6-0. They next play St. Catherine's at the Windy Hill Sports Complex on Tuesday, April 26.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Tigers defeat Covenant, avenge earlier loss

On Thursday, Woodberry Forest held a tri-match vs. two Charlottesville schools: Tandem Friends and Covenant. The Crusaders had beaten the Tigers in the latter's first match of the 2011 season. Woodberry Forest avenged itself with an easy ten stroke win over Covenant, 153-163. The race for second was much closer, as Covenant edged Tandem Friends, 163-164.

Woodberry Forest (10-3)
Individual scores:

Shep Hardison 38
Timothy Walter 38
Tyler Grills 38
Milt Barber 39
James Walter 40
Charlie Moore 42

The Tigers next play St. Anne's Belfield at Birdwood GC on Tuesday, April 29.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Jr. Black defeats Benedictine in a walkover

On Friday the Junior Black continued its undefeated season (3-0) when the team from Benedictine failed to field a full team. The Tigers still recorded their scores, which will be used to determine this week's ladder.

Jack Dalrymple - 40
Starling Gamble - 40
Tyler Grills - 41
Christian Dolan - 42
Brandon Gilbert - 42
Charles Blaydes - 45

Woodberry golfers finish 2nd in Wintergreen Jr. Tournament

Because of Saturday's rain, the Plantations Junior Tour event at the Wintergreen Stoney Creek course was reduced to one day. Six Woodberry golfers--Bennett duPont, Richard Hunt, William Knibbs,Charlie Moore, Billy Mott, and Timothy Walter--had to play 36 holes on Sunday. The team left well before dawn to make the 8:30 AM shotgun start.

Two Tiger golfers had top finishes in their divisions. In the 14-15 age bracket, fourth former Timothy Walter shot 81-82 to finish in second place. In the 16-19 age bracket, senior Charlie Moore shot 84-78 to finish second, just one shot behind the winner.

Complete results are here

Thanks to Coach Tom Bond for chaperoning the trip!

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Golf Facilities

Our golf facilities are unmatched. The only high school in Virginia with its own course, Woodberry plays its home matches on a nine-hole golf course designed in 1926 by Donald Ross. We also have the Graves Golf Practice Area, built in 1991, which has a driving range, two practice greens and sand bunkers. With our Doppler-based TrackMan launch monitors, we can track each player’s clubhead speed, ball speed, launch angle, and carry distance. We can then use this data to test different equipment. Our indoor putting green allows us to practice putting and short-game skills in any weather.

Coach’s Corner: Varsity Golf Coach Marc Hogan

Of the campus’s many resources, the school’s golf facilities truly set it apart. With a nine-hole Donald Ross-designed golf course and a range of other amenities for the teaching of golf, Woodberry is poised to nurture the young golfer. And no one is more suited to bring together the promising golfers who choose Woodberry Forest with traditional techniques honed at the Graves Practice Area and modern-day technological tools installed in the Squash Pavilion than Marc Hogan.

Having worked with the golf program for over twenty years, Marc holds a Level III golf teaching certification from the United States Golf Teachers' Federation and a Level I golf fitness instructor certification from the Titleist Performance Institute. He was the first coach certified in the DECADE course management system, which teaches players course strategy. His contributions to the game have been honored by the Virginia Prep League, which has named him Coach of the Year nine times, and by VISAA, which has awarded him the title six times.

As he does in his English classroom, Marc embraces technology in the teaching of golf. With particular support from Mitch Hull ’77 and past parents Hallie and Ed Pettegrew, as well as an anonymous gift, the school has video-recording devices, computers, and three launch monitors that analyze a player’s stroke and help him match it to swings used by the world’s most successful golfers.

Marc is a Greensboro, North Carolina, native and earned his BA and MA from the University of Virginia. He has taught English at Woodberry Forest since 1987. A scratch golfer, Marc has qualified for the Virginia Senior Amateur Championship six times and made match play four times in 2017, 2019 (round of 16), 2020, and 2021. He has also qualified for the VSGA Amateur Championship in 2021 and 2022. He lives in the Rapp House with his wife Linda, who works in Culpeper. They have three daughters, Miranda, who lives and works in Staunton; Anna Grey ’14, who lives and works in Charlottesville; and Cordelia '17, who lives and works in Charlotte.