Basil Boyd '17 finishes 12th in College Prep Tour Event

Basil Boyd shot 169 (87-82) for finished tied for 12th at the 2014 College Prep Tour's NOVA event. The two-day tournament was hosted by Laurel Hill GC & Old Hickory GC, October 25-26.

Full leaderboard can be found here: http://www.collegeprepgolftour.com/TournamentScoring/Scoreboard.aspx?TID=2275

Fall golfers enjoyed a round off campus

As we have done for many years, the WFS fall golfers and coaches traveled to Culpeper for an afternoon of golf, courtesy of Bob Hudson '73. "The goal of the day is to decompress," said Bob. "As an alumnus, I know how important it is to get off campus." Thank you, Bob, for your hospitality at the Country Club of Culpeper.

Woodberry golfers place at MAPGA tournament

Guy Waterhouse ’16  won the Turkey Two Day tournament at Shenandoah Valley Golf Club in Front Royal, Virginia, while Bo Pettegrew ’16 placed third.

Read more on the MAPGA website.

Other scores posted by Woodberry fall golfers:

Hawk Swearingen 166 (84-82)

Noel Turlington 173 (86-87)

Andrew Jacobs 176 (89-87)

Crawford Humphreys 194 (95-99)

Woodberry Golf Club wins Bent Putter

The Woodberry Forest Men's Golf Club hosted members from Culpeper Country Club on Saturday, October 11, for the annual Bent Putter Tournament.  This event dates back to the 1950's and was recently revived in 2012.  There were 8 two-man matches, with a total of 24 points at stake.  Woodberry reclaimed the Bent Putter this year, defeating Culpeper by a score of 13 1/2 points to 10 1/2 points.  Thanks to Culpeper team captain, Bob Hudson ’73, for helping to organize the event.  

Peter Knade ’16 shoots 67, in 2nd place at 108th Middle Atlantic Amateur championship

Details on the Middle Atlantic Golf Association website.

Congrats, Peter.  Have a great day today!

Friday update: 

Peter is in 4th place (67-73). Peter's only two shots out of the lead with 36 holes to play. He's even par through two rounds.

Team photo with Andrew Rice

More photos on the Woodberry Forest School Photo Album.

Fall golf defeats Potomac and Fishburne

The WFS golfers won a nine-hole match at home yesterday vs. Potomac and Fishburne. Third former Noel Turlington was the medalist with a 39. 

Woodberry Forest 162

Potomac 175

Fishburne 267

Individual scores

Noel Turlington  39

Edward Miller 40

Philip McManamy 40

Coleman Bergsma 43

Crawford Humphreys 49

Fall golfers welcome guest instructor

Andrew Rice, Director of Instruction at Berkeley Hall, is spending the weekend with Woodberry's golfers.  He came to Woodberry on the invitation of Marc Hogan, Woodberry's head varsity golf coach, who met Andrew in March when he attended a clinic in South Carolina.  "I'm delighted he is here at Woodberry working with our golfers," Marc said.

Read more about Andrew at Andrew Rice Golf.

Tigers win Woodberry Forest Fall Invitational

For the 14th time in 16 years, Woodberry Forest claimed first place in its own Fall Invitational. Led by fifth form exchange student Guy Waterhouse (71), the Tigers easily bettered second place Monticello HS, 302-322. Co-captain Peter Knade (73) and Basil Boyd (76) also earned All-Tournament honors, along with Scott Gullquist (81), who led Woodberry's B team to a third place finish (330).

Team scores

Woodberry Forest A 302

Monticello 322

Woodberry Forest B 330

Orange County 350

St. Anne's-Belfield 356

Western Albemarle 365

All-Tournament (top 10)

Guy Waterhouse, WFS A 71--medalist

Peter Knade, WFS A 73

Basil Boyd, WFS A 76

Fitz Woodrow, STAB 77

Robert Deane, Mont. 78

Danny Larrabee, Mont. 79

Isaiah Boucher, OC 79

Jake Thompson, WA 80

Ryan Pace, Mont. 80

Scott Gullquist, WFS B 81

WFS A scores

Guy Waterhouse 71

Peter Knade 73

Basil Boyd 76

Bo Pettegrew 82

Mac Boney 83 

Noel Turlington 86

WFS B scores

Scott Gullquist 81

Lamar Mallory 82

Andrew Jacobs 83

Philip McManamy 84

Coleman Bergsma 91

Trip Smith 93

Peter Knade plays in 2014 DBC Junior Challenge Cup

Peter Knade ’16 was selected to play in the 2014 DBC Junior Challenge Cup, August 30-31. The event matches twenty of the best male and female junior golfers in New England vs. twenty from the rest of the country in a Ryder Cup style format.

Since 2006, the US Challenge Cup organization has partnered with the PGA Tour's Deutsche Bank Championship, the Fenway Sports Group and the highly regarded Boston Golf Club in providing junior golfers with a PGA Tour feel event.

The NE team won the event, 32 - 28 points. Peter earned four points for team US during the two days of competition, playing fourball and singles matches.

Congratulations to Peter!

Peter Knade ’16 finishes 4th at AJGA NJ, earns exemption for 2015

Peter Knade ’16 shot 221 (75-74-72) last week at the AJGA Junior hosted by Morgan Hoffmann at Arcola CC in Paramus, NJ, to finished tied for fourth.  Because of Peter's top five finish, he earned a full exemption on the AJGA's 2015 tour. 

Full results can be found here. 

Coach Marc Hogan qualifies for 2014 VSG Senior Amateur Championship

Marc tied for fifth place in the qualifier played August 14, 2014, at Fredericksburg Country Club.  He'll play in the 67th VSGA Senior Amateur Championship beginning on August 25 at Army Navy Country Club’s Arlington Course in Arlington.

Results are HERE.

Marc Hogan named Scrimmage Play Golf Coach of the Year

Scrimmage Play, an online magazine covering central Virginia athletics, named Woodberry golf coach Marc Hogan its Golf Coach of the Year.

http://issuu.com/scrimmageplay/docs/19-5_final#embed

Bo Pettegrew plays for Ohio team at 2014 Ohio/Pennsylvania Bi-State Challenge

Bo Pettegrew '16 was one of sixteen golfers (eight boys, eight girls) selected to represent the state of Ohio in the 14th annual Ohio/Pennsylvania Bi-State Challenge. This Ryder Cup style event was played July 28-29 at the Oakland Beach GC in Conneaut Lake, PA. Bo finished 1-1-1 in his three matches, but the team from PA was victorious. Pictures are at the following: http://www.buckeyegolf.com/jr-tournament/2014-bi-sate-challenge-results

At the Oho Junior State Championships at Eagle Creek GC, Norwalk, OH the week before, Bo finished tied for eighth by shooting a 156 (79-77).

Basil Boyd competes in 2014 Optimist International Junior

Basil Boyd '17 shot 74-79-78 at the 2014 Optimist International Junior at PGA National Resort & Spa, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Over 5000 juniors world wide tried to qualify for this event, and Basil was one of the top 150 boys in his division (16-18). 

Peter Knade finishes 6th at AJGA Philadelphia

Peter Knade '16 shot 221 (77-70-74) to finish tied for sixth at the 2014 AJGA Philadelphia Junior this week. Huntington Valley CC hosted this event on their 6900 yard course.

Basil Boyd ’16 finishes 10th at 2014 Andrew Haley Memorial /Smith Mountain Lake Jr. Golf Tournament

Basil Boyd shot 155 (75-80) to finish tenth at the 2014 Andrew Haley Memorial/Smith Mountain Lake Junior Golf tournament on July 21-22, 2014.

In the summer of 1991, The Andrew Haley Memorial Junior Golf Tournament was organized by loved ones to honor a young member of the Carolina Professional Golfer’s Association of America, who died in an automobile accident at the age of 24. The tournament was played at Mariners Landing Golf and Country Club. Also in 1991, the Smith Mountain Lake Lions Club hosted its first SML Lions Junior Open, which was organized to offer more competitive opportunities for junior golfers and played at The Waterfront Country Club. The two tournaments are now combined into one of the premier junior golf tournaments in Southwest Virginia.

Peter Knade finishes T-11 at Annapolis AJGA

Peter Knade continued his strong play this summer, shooting 219 (77-73-69) last week at the AJGA Annapolis tournament at the Old South CC. Peter finished just five shots behind the winner on the par 72, 6692 yards layout.

Bo Pettegrew gets third win on LEJGA

Bo Pettegrew '16 notched his third win on the Lake Erie Junior Golf Association's summer tour last week. In addition to his three wins, Bo has two second place finishes in six starts. He is currently leads the LEJGA in scoring average and is in second for Player of the Year.

See results here.

Marc Hogan takes second in one-day event

Head varsity golf coach Marc Hogan shot 75 today at Jefferson Lakeside CC in VSGA One-Day event. Good enough for second place and a spot in the championship in October!

More summer golf results

Basil Boyd '17 has qualified for the 62nd VSGA Jr, stroke Play Championship. Basil won his qualifier at Ole Monterey Golf Club in Roanoke, shooting a 72. The finals will be held July 29-31 at the Williamsburg Club in Williamsburg.

Hawk Swearingen '15 shot 77-77 in the 2014 Missouri Junior Amateur. He finished tied for 53rd out of 132 golfers, the largest field ever for this event.

Peter Knade ’16 finishes 6th in PGA Jr. Qualifier

Peter Knade shot 73-72 (145) at the PGA Jr. Qualifier at the US Naval Academy's golf course to finish tied for sixth. Only the first place finisher out of 61 contestants goes through to the finals later this summer.

Timothy Walter ’13 qualifies for NY Open

Timothy Walter '13 shot 73 yesterday at Hampshire CC to qualify for the 2014 Lenox Advisors New York State Open in July at the famed Bethpage Black GC. Timothy, who just completed his first year at Sewanee, was one of four amateurs who made the cut at this qualifying site.

Full results can be found here. 

Basil Boyd qualifies for 2014 Optimist International Jr. Championship

Basil Boyd '17 qualified to play in the 2014 Optimist International Jr. Championship at PGA National Resort & Spa, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, July 24-29, 2014. Basil played in a qualifier at The Hanover Country Club in Ashland, Virginia and was one of three out of a field of about 50 to qualify, shooting 76 on the challenging course. 

Learn more at the Optimist Junior Golf website.

Peter Knade ’16 in 2nd place at 90th Maryland Junior Amateur

Peter fired a -1 70 in today first round of the 90th Maryland Junior Amateur at the University of Maryland Golf Club. He is one shot out of the lead.

The final round is tomorrow.

You can follow Peter's results on the Maryland State Golf Association website.

Tuesday update:  Peter shot 76 in today's second round and finished tied for fifth (146) in the 90th Maryland Junior Amateur at the University of Maryland Golf Course.

Bo Pettegrew '16 wins twice on Lake Erie Jr. Golf tour

Bo Pettegrew '16 is the hottest golfer on the Lake Erie Junior Golf Association's (OH) summer tour. He won twice last week at the Thunderbird Hills North Junior and the Fremont Junior. Bo also has a second place finish in his four starts this season, and is second in scoring average on the LEJGA.

Keep up with Bo's results on the Lake Erie Jr. Golf Association website.

Sports campers learn golf skills

Woodberry Forest's 47th annual Sports Camp opened yesterday with 180 boys ages 10-13.

Coach Marc Hogan is leading daily golf clinics at the Graves Practice Area.

Hawk Swearingen ’15 qualifies in MO Jr. Match Play Championship

Congratulations to Hawk Swearingen for qualifying at the 2014 Missouri Jr. Match Play Championship. Hawk shot 78 (+7) and is seeded 15th out of 32 players. This year's tournament is being held at the Columbia Country Club in Columbia, MO (6513 yards).

Follow tomorrow's results at http://www.mogolf.org/pairings-resultsjrmatch2014/

Monday update:

Hawk was defeated 5 - 4 by the #2 seeded player in the second round of Missouri Jr. Match Play tournament.

Congratulations to Hawk on a good result.

William Knibbs ’13 earns spot on national golf team of Jamaica

Check out news coverage in the Jamaica Gleaner.

Congratulations, William!

Boys and dads learn from Woodberry golf coaches

Father/Son Weekend brought out 250 boys and dads to the Forest this weekend for a full slate of indoor and outdoor fun, including golf clinics with Coach Hogan and Coach Smith!

Learn more on the Woodberry Forest School website!

More photos at http://woodberryforestschoolalbum.zenfolio.com/p688808324

Tiger golfers past and present represent Woodberry well at Maryland Amateur

Peter  Knade ’16  made the match play section of the 93rd Maryland Amateur. He shot +2 (72) to finish in the top 32 and is seeded 24th. His second round match begins tomorrow morning at 7:27.

Former WFS assistant golf coach Nat Hoopes shot 74 (t38), and Josh Hartman '94 shot 75 (t45).  Josh and Peter played together during Monday's practice round.

Follow the results here:

http://msga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/msga14/event/msga1415/contest/1/leaderboard.htm


Friday update:  Peter Knade lost on the 20th hole this morning in the second round of the 93rd Maryland Amateur. Peter never led, but did square the match with three holes to play. 

Tigers to play in Maryland Men's Amateur

Two Woodberry golfers have qualified for 93rd Maryland Men's Amateur, beginning Thursday, June 5. Peter Knade '16 and Josh Hartman '94 will be part of the field of 135 players at the Baltimore Country Club's famed East Course. Former WFS history teacher and assistant golf coach Nat Hoopes will also be competing.

Follow the results at http://msga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/msga14/event/msga1415/pairings.htm?r=d8d86908-e3d9-4e40-bee0-d0f6b5b2044e

Good luck to these Tigers!

Underformers win golf awards

The Thomas D. Bond 
Most Valuable Player Award in Golf 
Basil Boyd

The Sam A. Dougherty Memorial Golf Prize 
Teddy Garner

 The William H. White Golf Trophy 
Peter Knade 

Congrats to Coach of the Year Marc Hogan!

Woodberry Forest golf coach Marc Hogan has been selected by his peer coaches as 2014 Prep League Golf Coach of the Year, the fifth time Marc has received this honor.  He was also named  2014 VISAA Golf Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year.

More results from the VISAA Tournament

Individual Scores



Team Scores

More photos from the VISAA tournament

Varsity Golf wins state championship

Team
WFS 294
St. Chris 308
Collegiate 310
Norfolk Academy 313
St. Anne's-Belfield 320
PVI 326
CHC 335
Bend 354

Individual
Peter Knade 71
Basil Boyd 71
Teddy Garner 74
Rob Prater 78
Bo Pettegrew 78
Hawk Swearingen 88
All-State:  Peter Knade, Teddy Garner, Basil Boyd

More historical information on the Prep League Tournament

Golf became a Prep League sport in 1976. Collegiate won the first championship.

Here are the current totals of golf championships:

27	Woodberry Forest
8	St. Christopher's
3	Collegiate
1	Blue Ridge

Peter Knade became the 19th WFS golfer to win the Prep League individual title:

2014	Peter Knade
2008	Johnny Kyger
2006	Peter Wilson
2004	Dean Norman, Jr.
2003	Will Strickler
2001	Zack Randol
2000	Robert Chen
1999	Neel Williams
1998	Edward Moseley
1997	Brad Garner
1996	Gene Williams
1995	Ted Haley
1994	Ted Haley
1993	Ted Haley
1985	Frank Edwards
1984	Martin Armes, III
1983	Charles Johnson
1979	George Finley
1977	William Plyler

The 2014 tournament results are now posted on Junior Golf Scoreboard.

Final VISAA golf poll

Final Poll - 5/14/2014

The following will participate in the VISAA state golf championship, Monday, May 19, at The Manor GC in Farmville, VA.

VISAA Division 1 Golf

1.  Collegiate School

2.  St. Christopher’s

3.  Woodberry Forest

4.  Norfolk Academy

5.   STAB

6.  Cape Henry

7.  PVI

8.  Benedictine

VISAA Division 2 Golf

1    Nansemond Suffolk

2    Greenbrier Christian

3    Fishburne Military Academy

4    Hampton Roads Academy

5    Highland

6    Carlisle

7    Steward

8    Kenston Forest 

Tigers win third straight VPL golf championship

Woodberry Forest shot 604 (298-306) to lead wire-to-wire at the Virginia Preparatory League's golf championship at The Federal Club in Glen Allen, VA. Fourth former Peter Knade won medalist honors, firing a one over par 145 (72-73) on the demanding 6500 yard layout. He is the first WFS golfer to win the VPL individual championship since Johnny Kyger in 2009.

Knade earned All-Prep honors, along with classmates Teddy Garner 149 (74-75), Rob Prater 156 (78-78), and third former Basil Boyd 154 (74-80). 

Final team results

Woodberry Forest 298-306  604

Collegiate 309-323  632

St. Chris 314-319  633

STAB 326-327  653

Trinty 363*

Christchurch 417*

*did not qualify for second round

All-Prep (top 10 individuals)

Peter Knade, WFS. 72-73, 145

Fitz Woodrow, STAB 73-73, 146

Teddy Garner, WFS 74-75, 149

Ian Buchanan, STAB 75-77, 152

Basil Boyd, WFS 74-80, 154

Rob Prater, WFS 78-78, 156

Rives Fleming, Collegiate 75-81, 156

Wade Hayes, Collegiate 75-81, 156

Boyd Peete, St. Chris 79-78, 157

Trey Romig, St. Chris 82-77, 159

Brenton Hayward, Collegiate 78-81, 159

Other Woodberry scores

Thomas Mack 85-82, 167

Hawk Swearingen, 82-88, 170

Golf photos posted

New photos by John Berry are now posted in the

Woodberry Forest Photo Album

Varsity Golf Prep League Tournament results are in

First Round

WFS 298
Collegiate 309
St. Chris 314
STAB 327
Trinity 363
CCS 417

Individual

1. Peter Knade 72
3.  Teddy Garner, Basil Boyd 74
9. Rob Prater 78
Hawk Swearingen 82
Thomas Mack 85

More on yesterday's historic varsity win

Woodberry's even par score of 140 was...

...the lowest nine-hole home match score since records are available (1986). The previous low team score of 141 had been accomplished twice, first in 2007 vs. EHS, and again in 2008 vs. Collegiate.

...the lowest nine-hole match score since 2000 (Meadowcreek GC, 138, 2 under par) vs. Covenant.

...the first time the Tigers have matched par in a match/tournament since the 2009 Prep League Tournament (1st round, Independence GC).

...the lowest home match score since 2007 (279, 1 under par) vs. St. Chris.

The Tigers play their final home match today at noon vs. Landon. We would appreciate your support.

Varsity Golf defeats St. Chris

The varsity golf team defeated St. Christopher's 140 - 156 at home Friday. Fourth former Teddy Garner fired a two-under 33 to earn medalist honors. the Tigers improved their record to 6-3.

In an exhibition match, the varsity B group also defeated St. Christopher's 161-182. Fifth former Hawk Swearingen led the B group with a 38.

Woodberry plays its final home match Saturday against Landon.

Woodberry Forest 140

St. Christopher's 156

Woodberry Forst GC

9 holes, par 35

Woodberry scores

Garner 33

Boyd 35

Knade 36

Pettegrew 36

Mack 38

Prater 40

St. Christopher's scores

Romig 38

Peete 38

Wiggington 39

Johnson 41

O'Neil 42

Andrews 42

Woodberry B

Swearingen 38

Hargrove 40

Gullquist 40

Duffy 43

McManamy 45

Sheridan 46

St. Christopher's B

Foster 44

Trunish 44

Baril 46

Smith 48

Walters 48

Cain 49

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JV golf defeats Collegiate

JV golf completed an undefeated season by best Collegiate, 176-192 yesterday at the Woodberry Forest GC. Fourth former David Gussler was the medalist with a 41.

Woodberry JV 176
Collegiate JV 192

Woodberry Individual Scores

David Gussler 41
Win Sompayrac 44
Will Goetzenberger 44
Robert Edward 47

Thompson Brock 47
Diego Calzada 47

Basil Boyd ’17 finishes third in Jr. Valentine Invitational

Basil Boyd in 2nd place at Valentine Jr. Golf tournament.

Third former Basil Boyd shot a one-over 73 and is in second place in his age group at the 2014 Valentine Junior Golf Invitational. This 36-hole event takes place on the Manakin course (6750 yards) at the Hermitage CC in Manakin-Sabot, VA. Basil is one shot out of the lead going into today's final round.

VISAA golf poll #3

Golf Poll 3 - 4/22/2014
VISAA Division 1

Collegiate School

St. Christopher's

Woodberry Forest

Norfolk Academy

Paul VI

STAB

Episcopal

Cape Henry

VISAA Division 2 Golf
Greenbrier Christian/Nansemond Suffolk (Tied)

Fishburne Military Academy/Hampton Roads Academy

Highland 

Steward

Carlisle 

Kenston Forest 

Easter Sunday on the golf course

Photo by Linda Larson Hogan

State Golf Poll #2

Poll 2 - 4/15/2014

VISAA Division 1 Golf

1. Collegiate School

2. St. Christopher's

3. Woodberry Forest

4. Paul VI

5. Episcopal

6. Benedictine

7. Liberty Christian Academy

8. Trinity Episcopal

VISAA Division 2 Golf

1. Greenbrier Christian

2. Nansemond Suffolk

3. Fishburne Military Academy

4. Carlisle 

5. Hampton Roads Academy

6. Kenston Forest 

7. Virginia Episcopal 

8. Highland School 

Varsity golf defeats STAB

Woodberry - 149
STAB - 172

Woodberry scores

Peter Knade - 35
Basil Boyd - 37
Thomas Mack - 38
Rob Prater - 39
Bo Pettegrew - 40
Charles Hargrove - 40

STAB scores

Ian Buchanan - 41
Fitz Woodrow - 43
Crawford Humphreys - 44
Sam McNamara  - 44
George Riser - 50
Connor Kelly - 52

More photos on the Woodberry Forest School Album.