Culpeper takes Bent Putter Trophy

On October 20, 2013, Culpeper won the Bent Putter Trophy for the second time, 5 - 1. Six teams from WFS GC and Culpeper CC played 18-hole, fourball matches worth one point a piece. Each match was handicapped off the low handicap in the group. Marc Hogan (1) and David Smith (4) were the sole point winners for the WFS team. They won their match by four shots. 

Afterwards the teams gathered at Joe Daniel's house in Culpeper for barbecue.

Third former wins age group at Middle Atlantic PGA event

Congratulations to Basil Boyd '17 of Martinsville, Virginia!.. He won the 14-15 year old age group at this weekend's Middle Atlantic PGA event at Shenandoah Valley GC.

Basil shot 165 (84-81) to win by 10 shots. He finished 8th overall. 

A historical note:  Peter Knade '16 won the same age group in last year's tournament.



See the Turkey Two-Day Results.

Timothy Walter '13 earns recognitions

The athletics department at Sewanee: The University of the South named freshman golfer Timothy Walter of the Woodberry Class of 2013 their Tiger of the Week and the Southern Athletic Association named him Men's Golfer of the Week.  Timothy  shot a career-best 142 at the Royal Lakes/Oglethorpe Fall Invitational.

Read more:

http://sewaneetigers.com/documents/TigeroftheWeek/2013-14/Week_6

and

http://sewaneetigers.com/sports/mgolf/2013-14/releases/20131010gy49rd

Peter Knade in 3rd place

http://www.middleatlanticga.org/newsdetail.asp?newsID=293

Peter Knade '16 tied for second in Middle Atlantic Amateur

Peter shot 69 at Kinloch GC, three shots behind the leader.

See coverage on the Middle Atlantic Golf Association website.

An aerial view

Science teacher Erik Born took the quadcopter he built with Edward Bailey '13 out for a spin on a perfect late September day.  The aerial photo shows the construction of irrigation lines on the Woodberry Forest Golf Course.  Several of the sprinkler systems are already operational and crews are working to finish trenching and laying pipe to bring non-potable water from Robertson Lake to keep the entire course in excellent condition.

Tiger golf wins WFS Fall Invitational

The Tigers won their 14th WFS Fall Invitational on Friday, September 20, 2013, defeating Monticello HS and Orange County HS 308-313-325. Fourth former Peter Knade was the medalist with a 72. Today's title is Woodberry Forest's 14th in the 15 year history of the tournament.

15th Annual WFS/OCHS Golf Invitational
WFS GC
18 holes, par 70

Woodberry Forest A 309
Monticello 313
Orange County 325
Woodberry Forest B 351

Woodberry Forest  A team scores

Peter Knade 72
Scott Gullquist 78
Thomas Mack 79
Philip McManamy 79
Basil Boyd 80

Woodberry Forest B team scores

John Duffy 84
CJ Dunne 86
Edward Miller 88
Trip Smith 93

Walter brothers golf update

A report from Andrew Walter on his sons:

We watched Thomas '10 play in the Bucknell Invitational this weekend, pictured above, and he finished 9th, shooting 76-73-73 for a 222.  It was his best finish in college so far.  

Timothy '13 played in his first college tournament this weekend and shot 77-78.  He said the course was about 7300 yards and pretty difficult so it was a good start for him.

Lastly, James '11 is studying abroad this term at the University of St. Andrew's in Scotland, playing lots of golf.

Irrigation project will benefit golf course

Crews are on campus burying pipes to bring water from Robertson Lake to Woodberry Forest's nine-hole golf course, varsity baseball's Murrell Field, Finch Track, and soccer fields Palamar Field and Hazel 1. This will be the first time the golf course's fairways will have irrigation, thereby improving the course's playability and appearance.  

The lake, which was built through the generosity of Russ Robertson to honor her husband, A. Stuart Robertson ’35, was dedicated in 2011 and provides recreational opportunities such as boating, fishing, and hunting. Once complete, the new irrigation project will supply a sustainable source of water to Woodberry's athletic facilities using a high-efficiency, computer-controlled sprinkler system and weather station. The water pumped from Robertson Lake will also be available for emergency fire suppression.

Final results from VSGA Foundation HS Invitational

See the results on the VSGA website.

Tigers enter final day of VSGA HS Golf Invitational in 12th place

Read more on the VSGA website!

Peter Knade '16 helps Maryland team take Capital Cup Championship

Peter Knade of Easton, Maryland, qualified for the MAPGA Capital Cup as one of ten players to represent his state in a Ryder Cup-style tournament against the top ten qualifiers from Virginia.  Here is the Maryland team, showing Peter on the far left.

See the results on the MAPGA website.

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Blair-Wellington Golf Exchange photos posted

Check out our Shutterfly sharesite to view, order, and download photos of the exchange.  Shutterfly will require you to create a sign-in if you would like to download the pictures.

Click here for the Blair-Wellington Golf Exchange Photo Site

Bo Pettegrew '16 makes the cut in summer junior tournaments

Alum partners with Phil Mickelson at Wells Fargo pro-am tournament

Johnny Belk ’77 was paired with pro golfer Phil Mickelson at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.  The May pro-am event was organized by John Harris ’65.  Shown here are Johnny Belk, Phil Mickelson, Kim Belk, and Woodberry parent Tracy Hallett.  

Golf among athletic programs praised in The Daily Progress

Check out this great article by Charlottesville's Daily Progress correspondent Robert Edmonds:

http://www.dailyprogress.com/sports/woodberry-s-winners/article_40fbf094-e812-11e2-a8d8-0019bb30f31a.html

Golf exchange team victorious on UK trip

Follow the team's progress around the UK on Twitter, @hoganmarc.

Timothy Walter '13 is shown here with the rest of the Swifts at Woodhall Spa, where they added another win to their tour.

Woodberry's Coach Marc Hogan, along with players from Woodhall Spa and the Swifts.

Coach Hogan and Timothy Walter '13 have arrived in UK

The Blair-Wellington golf exchange begins today as the team plays the course at Wellington College.

You can join the fun on Twitter:  @HoganMarc

Tiger tied for third at Jr. Golf Championship

Peter Knade '16 is tied for 3rd after the first round of the 41st Southern Junior Golf Championship at the
Country Club of Virginia-Tuckahoe Creek

The championship concludes today (Thursday).


First day standings for other VPL players are:

Peter Knade  (WFS) 69  tied 3rd
Wade Hayes (COL) 71  tied 10th
Trey Romig (STC) 76
 Ian Buchanan (STAB) 77
Fitz Woodrow (STAB) 79
Austin Fockler (STC) 81
Boyd Peete (STC) 86

More results are on the Southern Golf Association website.

Golf coaches get a taste of competition

On June 11-12, 2013, Marc Hogan and David Smith competed in Danville, Virginia, at the VSGA Senior Stroke Play Championship.

Marc finished twelfth  out of eighteen in the age 50-54 division with scores of 80 and 76. David tied for fifteenth of twenty-one in the 60-65 division with scores of 86 and 83.

Read coverage of the championship on the VSGA website.

Coach Marc Hogan and Timothy Walter '13 to represent US golf in UK

Timothy Walter '13 has been selected for 2013 Blair-Wellington Golf Tour. He will be part of an eight-player American team that will travel across the UK in June for 16 days of golf against British school teams such as Wellington, Eton, Radley, and Whitgift. Timothy is the fourth Woodberry golfer to represent the US, joining Tee Nunnelee '96, David Carver '02, and older brother Thomas Walter '10.

Coach Marc Hogan will be one of two chaperones on the trip.

Since 1971 over 70 schools and 200 golfers have participated in the biennial UK tour. The British team -- known as The Swifts -- travels to the US every other year, and has been coming to Woodberry Forest since 1973. 
More information on the tour is located here: Blair Academy Blair-Wellington Golf Exchange  

Golfers win year-end awards

Peter Knade '16 won varsity golf's Thomas D. Bond Most Valuable Player award
at the Underformer Awards Assembly on May 20,  2013.

The Sam A. Dougherty Golf Prize and the  William H. White Golf Trophy
 went to Timothy Walter '13 on Amici Night, May 24, 2013.

Varsity Golf wins the VISAA State Championship Golf Match

WFS-298
Collegiate - 304
Paul VI - 305
St. Chris - 309
EHS - 315
STAB - 316
Cape Henry Collegiate - 320
Norfolk Academy - 340

All state honors- Timothy Walter, Peter Knade, Teddy Garner, Rob Prater

State Coach of the Year - Marc Hogan

Individual Scores

Rob Prater 73
Timothy Walter 75
Peter Knade 75
Teddy Garner 75
William Knibbs 78
Richard Hunt 87

JV Golf loses final match

JV Golf hosted St. Christopher's on Tuesday. The full squad participated in two groups. The JV A group tied the Saints 181-181, but lost on the fifth card.

JV A Golf 181
St. Chris 181
JV B Golf 193

Woodberry Scores

JV A
Trip Smith 43
CJ Dunne 43
Win Sompayrac 45
Coleman Bergsma 47
Michael Davis 58
Jack Ogburn 58


JV B
Robert Edwards 47
Gray Robertson 48
Mack McMillan 49
Thompson Brock 50
Nolan Day 51
Lisle Elliman 52

WFS-B varsity defeats Highland

In the final home golf match, the WFS-B varsity defeated Highland School.  

WFS-B - 168
Highland - 170
WFS-C - 181

WFS-B
R. Hunt - 38
H. Swearingen - 43
B. Mott - 43
J. Duffy - 44
T. Mack-46
S. Townsend - 47

WFS-C
T. Lindsay - 45
W. Legg - 45
B. Sheridan - 45
T. Johnson - 46
A. Gussler - 49

Highland
37, 44, 44,  45, 46, 51

Varsity golf wins 2013 Prep League title

The Tigers successfully defended their Prep League title Tuesday. Their two-day total of 612 was twenty-two shots better than second place Collegiate. 

Senior Timothy Walter (75-75) finished third, and fellow senior William Knibbs (72-80) finished fifth. Both earned All-Prep designation. Two other Woodberry Forest golfers finished in the top ten: third formers Teddy Garner (79-76, 7th) and Peter Knade (76-80, 8th), also winning All-Prep honors.

Since joining the Prep League in 1974, Woodberry Forest has won 26 golf titles, including four of the last five seasons (2009-10, 2012-13).

2013 Virginia Prep League Golf Championship
Independence Golf Course
36 holes, par 72
Low four scores count towards team total

Team Scores

1. Woodberry Forest 301-311 612
2. Collegiate 315-319 634
3. St. Anne's Belfield  317-318 635
4. St. Christopher's   316-321 637
5. Trinity* 341
6. Christchurch* 411
* did not qualify for second day

Individual scores

1. Austin Fockler, St. Chris 70-77 --147
2. Alex Thompson, Collegiate 72-77 --149
t3. TIMOTHY WALTER, WFS 75-75 --150
t3. Fitz Woodrow, STAB 76-74 --150
t5. WILLIAM KNIBBS, WFS 72-80 --152
t5. Ian Buchanan, STAB 74-78 --152
7. TEDDY GARNER, WFS 79-76 --155
8. PETER KNADE, WFS 76-80 --156
9. Johno Burke, Trinity 78-79 --157
10. Trey Romig, St.Chris 80-78 --158

Other Woodberry Forest scores

Rob Prater   78-82 --160
Bo Pettegrew 86-82 --168

Final VISAA poll

Prep League trophy will stay at the Forest!

Tigers in the lead after first round at VPL tourney

VPL Golf tournament
Independence GC
18 holes par 72

1. Woodberry Forest - 301
2. Collegiate - 315
3. St. Chris - 316
4. STAB - 317
5. Trinity - 341
6. Christchurch - 411

Top four teams and top 18 individuals (and ties) proceed to 2nd round. Austin Fockler (STC) leads with a 70. Top 10 individuals earn All-Prep honors.

Woodberry Scores (individual place)

William Knibbs - 72 (t2nd)
Timothy Walter - 75 (5th)
Peter Knade - 76 (t6th)
Rob Prater - 78 (t8)
Teddy Garner - 79 (t10)
Bo Pettegrew - 86

Second round begins tomorrow at 7:30 AM at Independence.

Varsity team defeats St. Chris

Woodberry Forest vs. St. Christopher's
CCV-Westhampton Course
9 holes, par 34

WFS (12-1) 147
St. Chris 158

Woodberry scores

Timothy Walter  32 
Rob Prater 36
Richard Hunt 38
Billy Mott 41
William Knibbs 46
Bo Sheridan 50

The Tigers next play in the Prep League tournament, Monday and Tuesday, May 13-14, at Independence GC in Midlothian.

Congratulations, Timothy!

Timothy Walter '13 finished tied for fifth in the Loving Cup at Farmington CC in Charlottesville this past weekend. Timothy shot 76-80.

Woodberry JV falls to EHS in WFS Invitational

2nd Annual WFS JV Golf Invitational
WFS GC
18 holes par 70

Episcopal - 363 (defending champion)
WFS A - 368
WFS B - 405
Veritas - 427

Co-medalists: Andrew Sherrill (EHS), Jake Gregory (V) - 79

Woodberry A scores

Wilson Legg - 83
Win Sompayrac - 93
David Gussler - 95
Thompson Brock - 97
Robert Edwards - 98
Nolan Day - 99

Woodberry B scores

Mack McMillan - 97
Gray Robertson - 97
Lisle Elliman - 105
Michael Davis - 106
Jack Ogburn - 107

Timothy Walter is tied for fourth place after first round in Charlottesville tournament

Captain Timothy Walter '13 is tied for 4th in the Loving Cup at Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville. Timothy's first round 76 also qualified him for the Kenridge Invitational at Farmington later this month.

VISAA Golf Poll #4

Weekly VISAA golf rankings. Schools received points based on a committee's vote (1st place--10 points; 2nd place--9 points; etc.)

Division 1

Ranking	School	Points
1	Woodberry Forest	55
2	Collegiate	50
3	Paul VI	43
4	St. Anne's-Belfield	42
5	Cape Henry Collegiate	40
6	St. Christopher's	35
7	Episcopal	24
8	Norfolk Academy	17
9	Trinity Episcopal	14
10	Liberty Christian Academy	5

Tigers beat Maroon

Woodberry Forest vs. Episcopal
12 holes, par 46
(Last home match for the top group)

WFS - 195
EHS - 211

Woodberry Scores

Timothy Walter - 46
Teddy Garner - 49
William Knibbs - 50
Rob Prater - 50

Richard Hunt - 52
Peter Knade - 52