Woodberry Forest Golf: 4/23/17

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Varsity golf defeats #1 Collegiate; JV loses

The Tigers went to Richmond today and squeaked out a three shot victory, 152-155 over the #1 ranked Cougars. Lamar Mallory shot a two under 34 to earn medalist honors.

The JV golfers lost to the Collegiate JV, 166-192. Carter Krusz led the JV Tigers with a 45.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Cart bridge honors Otis and Jean Brookman

A golf cart bridge on the seventh hole of the Woodberry Forest Golf Course was dedicated to Otis and Jean Brookman on April 15, 2017. The gift from former foreign language teacher and varsity golf coach Tom Bond honors the Brookmans for their decades of service to the school.

In his remarks to the large group assembled at the dedication, Headmaster Byron Hulsey ’86 mentioned the importance of the golf course in its role as a link to the larger community outside the Forest. "The Brookmans served Woodberry Forest with steadfast loyalty and faithfulness for over seventy years," he said. "The bridge named in their honor is a fitting tribute to their commitment to the cause and a concrete symbol of how the Woodberry Golf Club is connected to the wider community."

Otis Brookman began his career in 1969, serving as golf course manager; his wife, Jean, began her service on the housekeeping staff in 1973. They retired together in 2009. The Brookmans lived on campus in the Brookman House and later the Greenskeeper's House. Their sons, Gary and Bruce, still work on the golf course crew today. At graduation in 1988, Mr. and Mrs. Brookman received the Frank S. Walker Award, recognizing staff members who have performed their duties unselfishly.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Varsity golf defeats STAB on tiebreaker

The Tigers traveled to Charlottesville to play STAB in soggy conditions at Birdwood GC. The teams tied at 152, and Woodberry prevailed on the fifth card, 40-45. Third former Luke McNabb was low for the Tigers with an even par round of 36.

Woodberry improves to 8-1 and plays #1 ranked Collegiate on Friday in Richmond.

Woodberry Forest 152

St. Anne's Belfield 152

Individual Scores

Luke McNabb 36

Andrew Jacobs 37

Phil McManamy 39

Jack Stein 40

Woodson Smith 40

Lamar Mallory 42

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.