Woodberry Forest Golf

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

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.

Monday, July 14, 2014

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!

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

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.

Friday, July 4, 2014

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.

Thursday, June 26, 2014

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.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

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.

Monday, June 23, 2014

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.

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.