Woodberry Forest Golf

Monday, May 13, 2013

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.

Friday, May 10, 2013

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.

Monday, May 6, 2013

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.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

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

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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

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.