Woodberry Forest Golf

Friday, September 26, 2014

Fall golfers welcome guest instructor

Andrew Rice, Director of Instruction at Berkeley Hall, is spending the weekend with Woodberry's golfers. He came to Woodberry on the invitation of Marc Hogan, Woodberry's head varsity golf coach, who met Andrew in March when he attended a clinic in South Carolina. "I'm delighted he is here at Woodberry working with our golfers," Marc said.

Read more about Andrew at Andrew Rice Golf.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Tigers win Woodberry Forest Fall Invitational

For the 14th time in 16 years, Woodberry Forest claimed first place in its own Fall Invitational. Led by fifth form exchange student Guy Waterhouse (71), the Tigers easily bettered second place Monticello HS, 302-322. Co-captain Peter Knade (73) and Basil Boyd (76) also earned All-Tournament honors, along with Scott Gullquist (81), who led Woodberry's B team to a third place finish (330).

Team scores

Woodberry Forest A 302

Monticello 322

Woodberry Forest B 330

Orange County 350

St. Anne's-Belfield 356

Western Albemarle 365

All-Tournament (top 10)

Guy Waterhouse, WFS A 71--medalist

Peter Knade, WFS A 73

Basil Boyd, WFS A 76

Fitz Woodrow, STAB 77

Robert Deane, Mont. 78

Danny Larrabee, Mont. 79

Isaiah Boucher, OC 79

Jake Thompson, WA 80

Ryan Pace, Mont. 80

Scott Gullquist, WFS B 81

WFS A scores

Guy Waterhouse 71

Peter Knade 73

Basil Boyd 76

Bo Pettegrew 82

Mac Boney 83

Noel Turlington 86

WFS B scores

Scott Gullquist 81

Lamar Mallory 82

Andrew Jacobs 83

Philip McManamy 84

Coleman Bergsma 91

Trip Smith 93

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Peter Knade plays in 2014 DBC Junior Challenge Cup

Peter Knade ’16 was selected to play in the 2014 DBC Junior Challenge Cup, August 30-31. The event matches twenty of the best male and female junior golfers in New England vs. twenty from the rest of the country in a Ryder Cup style format.

Since 2006, the US Challenge Cup organization has partnered with the PGA Tour's Deutsche Bank Championship, the Fenway Sports Group and the highly regarded Boston Golf Club in providing junior golfers with a PGA Tour feel event.

The NE team won the event, 32 - 28 points. Peter earned four points for team US during the two days of competition, playing fourball and singles matches.

Congratulations to Peter!

Friday, August 15, 2014

Peter Knade ’16 finishes 4th at AJGA NJ, earns exemption for 2015

Peter Knade ’16 shot 221 (75-74-72) last week at the AJGA Junior hosted by Morgan Hoffmann at Arcola CC in Paramus, NJ, to finished tied for fourth. Because of Peter's top five finish, he earned a full exemption on the AJGA's 2015 tour.

Full results can be found here.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Coach Marc Hogan qualifies for 2014 VSG Senior Amateur Championship

Marc tied for fifth place in the qualifier played August 14, 2014, at Fredericksburg Country Club. He'll play in the 67th VSGA Senior Amateur Championship beginning on August 25 at Army Navy Country Club’s Arlington Course in Arlington.

Results are HERE.

Monday, August 4, 2014

Marc Hogan named Scrimmage Play Golf Coach of the Year

Scrimmage Play, an online magazine covering central Virginia athletics, named Woodberry golf coach Marc Hogan its Golf Coach of the Year.

http://issuu.com/scrimmageplay/docs/19-5_final#embed

Bo Pettegrew plays for Ohio team at 2014 Ohio/Pennsylvania Bi-State Challenge

Bo Pettegrew '16 was one of sixteen golfers (eight boys, eight girls) selected to represent the state of Ohio in the 14th annual Ohio/Pennsylvania Bi-State Challenge. This Ryder Cup style event was played July 28-29 at the Oakland Beach GC in Conneaut Lake, PA. Bo finished 1-1-1 in his three matches, but the team from PA was victorious. Pictures are at the following: http://www.buckeyegolf.com/jr-tournament/2014-bi-sate-challenge-results

At the Oho Junior State Championships at Eagle Creek GC, Norwalk, OH the week before, Bo finished tied for eighth by shooting a 156 (79-77).

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.