Woodberry Forest Golf: 4/8/12

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Victory over St. Alban's

The Woodberry Forest improved to 8-0 Saturday with a 307-334 victory over St. Alban's at the Woodberry Forest GC. Senior co-captain Shep Hardison was the medalist with a two overpar 72.

The Tigers next face Georgetown Prep at Lakewood GC in Rockville, MD on Tuesday.

Woodberry Forest vs. St. Alban's
Woodberry Forest GC
18 holes, par 70
Low 4 scores

Woodberry Forest (8-0) 307
St. Alban's   334

Individual Scores

Shep Hardison, WFS   72
Jack Dalrymple, WFS   74
Lee Detmer, St. A   74
William Knibbs, WFS   80
Timothy Walter, WFS   80
Andrew Neal, St. A.   80
Tyler Grills, WFS, 81
Brandon Gilbert, WFS   85
Jack Deden, St. A. 90
Sam Kleinnman, St. A. 90
Ethan McGinnis, St. A. 101
Tucker Boyle, St. A.   WD

Friday, April 13, 2012

JV loses first match since 2008

JV Golf lost a close match at home Friday to Episcopal 161-167. It was the first loss for the Tigers of the season, and the JV's first loss since April 15, 2008, a streak of 28 consecutive wins.

Thomas Mack was low score and co-medalist with a 39.

Woodberry Forest JV (4-1) 167
Episcopal 161

Woodberry Individual Scores

Thomas Mack 39
Hawk Swearingen 41
EJ Johnson 43
CJ Dunne 44
Banks Hagood 46
Edward Miller 50

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Tigers best Cape Henry Collegiate

On a blustery Tuesday in Midlothian, the Tigers bested Cape Henry Collegiate 313-321 in an 18 hole match at Independence GC. Timothy Walter and Jack Dalrymple were co-medalists with 77. Woodberry Forest improved its record to 7-0.

The Tigers next play St. Alban's at home on Saturday, April 14.

Woodberry Forest vs. Cape Henry Collegiate
Independence GC
18 holes, par 72
Low four scores

Woodberry Forest (7-0) 313
Cape Henry 321

Individual Scores

Jack Dalrymple, WFS 77
Timothy Walter, WFS 77
Shep Hardison, WFS 79
Tyler Grills, WFS 80
Richard Hunt, WFS 80
Bennett duPont, WFS 83

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Photos from FUMA Match

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Varsity defeats FUMA

The golf team bested Fork Union in a home match Tuesday, 172-187. Senior Brandon Gilbert was low for Woodberry Forest with a 41.

Woodberry Forest (6-0) 172
Fork Union MA   187

Individual Scores

Mark Graham, FUMA   40
Brandon Gilbert, WFS     41
Charles Blaydes, WFS   42
Spence Townsend, WFS 44
Walker Smithson, WFS 45
Ju Yong Kim, FUMA   45
Rob Wyatt, WFS   46
Seamus Dunne, WFS 48
Alex Collins, FUMA 49
Brett Siegel, FUMA 53
Colin Jones, FUMA 53
John Alexander, FUMA 53

Woodberry Forest: #3 in latest state golf rankings

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.