Woodberry Forest Golf

Monday, June 27, 2016

2016 season wrap up

The varsity golf team had another great season that saw the Tigers earn both the Prep League and State championships.

A few notes on the 2016 team:

6-3 dual match record
VPL Champions (29 titles; 5^th consecutive, 7 of the last 8)
VISAA Champions (3 titles; 3 of the last 4)
Defeated Episcopal High School (4^th consecutive; 18 of last 19)

Individual Honors

Thomas D. Bond Most Valuable Award in Golf -- Andrew Jacobs '18

Sam A. Dougherty Memorial Golf Prize -- Basil Boyd '17

William H. White Golf Trophy -- Peter Knade '16 (third year in a row; third time this has been accomplished)

· All Prep: Peter Knade (4); Basil Boyd (2); Andrew Jacobs

· All State: Peter Knade (3); Basil Boyd (3); Andrew Jacobs

VISAA Coach of the Year: Marc Hogan

Course records: Peter Knade, 9-hole, 28 (-7); Peter Knade, 18-hole, 62 (-8)

Historical Notes

· Team Scoring Average (top 6): 37.43 second all time

· Peter Knade finishes with lowest season scoring average (35.61) breaking Ted Haley ’95 (35.68)

· Peter Knade finishes with career scoring average 37.26, 8^th all time

· Peter Knade wins the William H. White Golf Trophy for the third time, joining Ted Haley ’95 and Johnny Kyger ’09 as the only three-time winners

· Peter Knade is second WFS golfer to earn All Prep for four years (Harley Garrison, 1984-87)

· Peter Knade and Basil Boyd are the only two WFS golfers to earn three All-State honors

· Woodson Smith 37.85 is 14^th in career scoring average

· Andrew Jacobs career scoring average 38.05 is 18^th all time

· Lamar Mallory career scoring average 38.76 is 33^rd all time

· Basil Boyd career scoring average 39.08 is 36^th all time

· Teddy Garner finishes with career scoring average 39.20, 38^th all time

· Teddy Garner is one of 15 WFS golfers to earn All Prep three times

· 6^th consecutive year with three All-Prep golfers

· 5^th consecutive year with at least two All-State golfers

Individual Season Stroke Average

	First	Last	Year	Scoring
1	Peter	Knade	2016	35.61
2	Ted	Haley	1994	35.68
3	Johnny	Kyger	2009	36.35
4	Neel	Williams	1999	36.36
5	Dean	Norman	2005	36.39
6	Whitten	Meares	1996	36.43
7	David	Carver	2002	36.46
8	Robert	Long	2002	36.53
9	Zack	Randol	2000	36.58
t10	Whitten	Meares	1997	36.59
t10	Chris	Brown	2002	36.59

Individual Career Stroke Average

	First	Last	Years	Scoring
1	Ted	Haley	(1993-1995)	36.62
2	Robert	Long	(2000-2002)	36.83
3	Whitten	Meares	(1995-1997)	36.95
4	Johnny	Kyger	(2007-2009)	37.05
5	Zack	Randol	(1999-2001)	37.12
6	Edward	Moseley	(1998-1999)	37.18
7	Brad	Garner	(1996-1998)	37.22
8	Peter	Knade	(2013-2016)	37.26
9	Tee	Nunnellee	(1994-1996)	37.35
10	Neel	Williams	(1998-2000)	37.36

Monday, June 13, 2016

Coach Hogan shoots even in first round of VSGA senior stroke play championship

Check out the roundup here.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Tigers win state tournament

VISAA Golf Championship
Meadowbrook CC
6500 yards par 72
low four scores count

Team Standings

Woodberry Forest* 296 *wins on tiebreaker

STAB 296
Norfolk Academy 299
Cape Henry 308
St. Christopher's 309
Collegiate 319
Paul VI 347
Episcopal 349

All State (top 10 finishers)

STAB Fitz Woodrow 67
STAB Sam McNamara 68
Bishop O'Connell Sebastian Bonte 70
Cape Henry Tom Crow 70
Norfolk Academy Will Clark 72
Woodberry Forest Peter Knade 72
Benedictine HS Hunter Beverly 73
Paul VI Charles Musto 73
Woodberry Forest Andrew Jacobs 73
Woodberry Forest Basil Boyd 73

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Tigers take prep league and state championship titles

Due to last week's inclement weather, the Prep League golf tournament was held concurrently with the VISAA state championship Monday, May 23 at Meadowbrook Country Club in Richmond. More rain and soggy course conditions delayed the start of the tournament until the afternoon. Because both Division 1 and Division 2 VISAA championships were being held at the same site, the tournament's 18-hole format was modified: the Division 1 schools played the front 9 twice, the Division 2 schools played the back 9 twice.

Play began at 1:30 with a shotgun start. There were 14 foursomes playing on each side, meaning that some holes had two groups teeing off back to back. Woodberry Forest was ranked second behind St. Christopher's, and was paired with St. Anne's Belfield (#3 seed) and Norfolk Academy (#4 seed).

After nine holes, the Tigers recorded a 152 (four lowest scores), slightly behind the pace set by both Norfolk and STAB. Playing brilliant golf, Woodberry scored an even par 144 on the second nine for a 296 total. STAB's first two scores were 67 and 68, but their team total put them tied with Woodberry at 296. In such cases, the teams' fifth score is used as a tiebreaker. The Tigers won (79-84), thereby earning their 29th VPL and 3rd VISAA titles.

Senior Peter Knade (72) was the low score for the Tigers. Peter earned his 4th All-Prep Honors, the second time this has been achieved in school history. Basil Boyd (73) and Andrew Jacobs (73) also earned All-Prep honors. All three golfers were also named All-State by virtue of their top 10 finish. For both Basil and Peter, this is a third All-State honor.

Coach Marc Hogan earned VISAA Coach of the Year Honors as well.

VPL results are listed below. VISAA results will be posted later.

41st Virginia Preparatory League Golf Championship

Meadowbrook Country Club

6500 yards, par 72

1. Woodberry Forest* 296 *wins on tiebreaker

2. STAB 296

3. Norfolk Academy 299

4. St. Christopher's 309

5. Collegiate 321

All Prep (top 10)

1. Fitz Woodrow, STAB, 67

2. Sam McNamara, STAB, 68

3. PETER KNADE, WFS, 72

Will Clark, NA, 72

5. BASIL BOYD, WFS, 73

ANDREW JACOBS, WFS, 73

7. Brian Peccie, NA, 74

8. Caroline Curtis, COL, 75

Drew Brockwell, STC, 75

10. Ben Foster, STC, 76

Mark Kelly, NA, 76

Other WFS scores:

Bo Pettegrew 78

Woodson Smith 79

Teddy Garner

Friday, May 20, 2016

Peter Knade ’16 breaks 18-hole course record

Peter Knade ’16 broke the Woodberry Forest Golf Course record when he shot 62 on May 19, 2016. The previous record was set by Marc Hogan, varsity golf coach, at the 2011 Club Championship. Peter had tied Marc's record of 64 on May 13, 2016, playing another nine holes after setting the nine-hole match record in the contest against St. Christopher's School.

Congratulations, Peter!

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Final state golf poll ranks Tigers second

Woodberry Forest is ranked 2nd and will play in the VISAA state championship on Monday, May 23rd at the Meadowbrook Country Club in Richmond.

The field of eight Division 1 and Division 2 schools can be found here.

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.