Woodberry Forest Golf: 3/25/12

Friday, March 30, 2012

Woodberry varsity wins against Collegiate

Woodberry defeated Collegiate, 145-161, in a home golf match Friday. The Tigers improved their record to 4-0, 2-0 in the Prep League. Senior co-captain Bennett duPont was the medalist with a two underpar round of 33.

Woodberry hosts St. Christopher's on Tuesday.

Woodberry Forest vs. Collegiate
WFS GC
9 holes, Par 35

Woodberry Forest (4-0) 145
Collegiate 161

Individual Scores

Bennett duPont, WFS 33
Shep Hardison, WFS 35
Jack Dalrymple, WFS 38
Matt Hourigan, COL 38
William Knibbs, WFS 39
Alex Thompson, COL 39
Timothy Walter, WFS 40
Richard Hunt, WFS 40
Wade Hayes, COL 42
Rives Fleming, COL 42
Joe, Keiger, COL 46
Sam Stein, COL 48

JV Team defeats Collegiate

The JV golfers defeated Collegiate Friday, 179 -191. Fourth former Thomas Mack was low for Woodberry with a 42.

The Tigers improved their record to 2-0. They next host St. Catherine's/St. Gertrude's on Thursday, April 5

Woodberry Forest JV 179
Collegiate JV 191

Individual Scores

Brenton Heyward, C 39
Thomas Mack, WFS 42
EJ Johnson, WFS 44
Hawk Swearingen, WFS 46
Ben Stein, C 46
Edward Miller, WFS 47
Coleman Bergsma, WFS 50
Banks Hagood, WFS 51
Cooper Molechant, C 52
Connor Fernsworth, C 54
Bennett Hayes, C 57
Harper Kelly, C 62

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Golfers improve record in day's second match

The Tigers ran their record to 3-0 with a 150-170 win over Covenant Tuesday at Old Trail Golf Course in Crozet. Timothy Walter was the medalist with a one underpar round of 34.

Woodberry Forest (3-0) 150
Covenant 170

Individual Scores

Timothy Walter, WFS 34
Bennett duPont, WFS 35
Shep Hardison, WFS 39
Kurt Diduch, COV 41
William Knibbs, WFS 42
Tyler Grills, WFS 42
Austin Diduch, COV 42
David Widder-Varhegyi, COV 42
Kevin Parker, COV 45
Walt Morris, COV 45
Rob Wyatt, WFS 48

Golfers win at home

Woodberry Forest varsity golf improved to 2-0 with a win at home vs. Blue Ridge, 159-173. The Barons had two players tie for medalist, Chris Hickman and Mason Schmidt, who shot even par 35. Richard Hunt was low for the Tigers with a 38.

Woodberry Forest vs. Blue Ridge
Woodberry Forest GC
9 holes, par 35

Woodberry Forest - 159
Blue Ridge School - 173

Individual Scores:

Chris Hickman, BRS 35
Mason Schmidt, BRS 35
Richard Hunt, WFS 38
Brandon Gilbert, WFS 39
Jack Dalrymple, WFS 39
Billy Mott, WFS 43
Spence Townsend, WFS 44
Seamus Dunne, WFS 46
Peng K, BRS 51
Jimmy Connor, BRS 52
Jack Coopersmith, BRS 63
Matt Schiller, BRS 65

Monday, March 26, 2012

Woodberry Forest vs. Trinity Episcopal at Woodberry Forest

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.