Woodberry Forest Golf

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

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Varsity and JV teams defeat Trinity Episcopal School

The varsity and JV golf teams began their 2012 campaigns Saturday at home against Trinity.

The JV team won easily 178-205. Hawk Swearingen was the medalist with a 42. Other Woodberry scores include: Edward Miller--43; Thomas Mack--45; Banks Hagood--48; Trip Smith--57

The varsity defeated Trinity 312-344. Timothy Walter was the medalist with a 73. Other Woodberry scores included: Shep Hardison--74; William Knibbs--82; Rob Wyatt--83; Tyler Grills--84; and Bennett duPont--85.

The varsity plays two matches on Tuesday. One will be at home vs. Blue Ridge at 2 PM. The other is Old Trail GC in Crozet against Covenant at 3:30.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Varsity players begin practice

Led by co-captains Shep Hardison '12 and Bennett Dupont '12, the 2012 team began practice this week.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Tiger golfers team up with club members

Congratulations to Bennett Dupont and Jack Dalrymple. They teamed up with Barry Brookman and Dick Clore, local members of the Woodberry Golf Club, to win a 5 team Captain's Choice tournament at Woodberry today. Each team in the tournament consisted of two students and two public members from the Woodberry Golf Club. In cold conditions Bennett and Jack's team shot an 11 under par round of 59. Spence Townshend and Billy Mott, along with club members John Deeds and Rodney Brown, also shot a 59, but lost to the Dupont/Dalrymple team in a one hole playoff. Thanks to all who participated.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Fall golfers welcome Ron Gring

Golf teacher Ron Gring of Gring Golf spent the past several days working with the fall golfers. At the end of his visit, Ron and his wife Yvette, enjoyed Sunday dinner and chapel with the rest of the school.

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.