Woodberry Forest Golf

Monday, June 23, 2014

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.

Monday, June 16, 2014

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.

Saturday, June 14, 2014

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

Check out news coverage in the Jamaica Gleaner.

Congratulations, William!

Saturday, June 7, 2014

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

Thursday, June 5, 2014

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.

Sunday, June 1, 2014

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!

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.