Woodberry Forest Golf

Sunday, July 8, 2018

Jack Stein '19 shines in Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championship

Woodberry golfer Jack Stein finished third for 18 and under boys in the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships, played at Caymanas Club in his home country of Jamaica last week. Team Jamaica came in second.

Read about Jack in an article in The Gleaner.

Jack and William Knibbs '13

Monday, May 21, 2018

Tigers are state champs!

Woodberry Forest won its fourth VISAA golf championship today at Meadowbrook CC today by four shots over the favorite, #1 ranked St. Christopher's.

Senior Andrew Jacobs led the way, firing a one-under-par 70 to earn co-medalist honors. Jacobs is also named co-Player of the Year and All-State. Both Captain Woodson Smith 73 (+2), and third former Benny Haggin 74 (+3) also earned All-State honors. Fourth former Luke McNabb 76 (+5) rounded out the scoring.

By virtue of Woodberry's victory, coach Marc Hogan earns Coach of the Year honors.

Team results

Woodberry Forest 293

St. Christopher's 297

Trinity Episcopal 314

Collegiate 318

Norfolk Academy 318

Cape Henry Coll. 324

Bishop O'Connell 328

Paul VI 331

All-State (top 10 & ties)

70 -- Andrew Jacobs, WFS; Sam McNamara, STAB

71 -- Connor Johnson, StC

73 -- Woodson Smith, WFS;

74 -- Benny Haggin, WFS; Clifford Foster, StC.; Kevin Smedley, NA

75 -- Drew Brockwell, StC; Rory Wienfurther, St. Catherine's

Other WFS scores:

80-Jack Stein

83 -- Tripp Law

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Tigers finish second in VPL golf

Woodberry shot 304 to finish 2nd behind St. Christopher’s 285 at Keswick Hall today in the 47th Virginia Preparatory League golf tournament.

Fifth former Jack Stein led the way and earned All Prep with a 75. Seniors Andrew Jacobs and Woodson Smith also earned All Prep by shooting 76.

Other Tiger scores were: Luke McNabb & Tripp Law (77), and Benny Haggin (80).

Final results

St. Christopher’s 285 (-3)

Woodberry Forest 304

Collegiate 318

STAB 320

Norfolk Academy 323

Trinity Episcopal 326

Monday, May 14, 2018

Tiger golfers lose a close one

#1 vs. #2 today in Richmond.

Top ranked St. Christopher’s hosted #2 Woodberry at the CCV-Westhampton course. The Tigers shot one of their best rounds ever there 138 (+2) but lost by five strokes, 133-138.

Fourth former Luke McNabb led with the way with a one under par score of 33. Captain Woodson Smith carded a 34 (E) while Senior Andrew Jacobs fired 35 (+1) Captain Woodson Smith carded a 35, while fifth former Jack Stein shot 36. Third former Benny Haggin had a 36, and Crawford Humphreys had a 39.

The Tigers finish the regular season 11-3, 6-1 in the Prep League. They play in the VPL championship on Tuesday at Keswick Hall.

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Golf wins final home matches

The Varsity A and B hosted the Benedictine Cadets and came away with two victories.

In the A Match, third former Benny Haggin fired a 34 (-1) to lead the Tigers to an easy 146-161 victory. Playing in his final home match, captain Woodson Smith shot 35 (E), while fourth former Luke McNabb's 38 (+3) and senior Crawford Humphreys's 39 (+4) rounded out the scoring.

Woodberry improves to 10-2, 6-0 in the Prep League. The Tigers conclude the regular season Friday at St. Christopher's.

In the B match, fourth former Pipes Fitz-Hugh was the medalist with a 43 (+8) to lead Woodberry to a 183-234 victory. Third former Thomas Mills and fourth former Ethan Weber carded 46's (+11), and fourth former Alex Forward rounded out the scoring with a 48 (+13). The B Tigers finish the season with a perfect 7-0 record.

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Tiger golfers celebrate seniors with a win

The varsity golfers cruised to an easy win in today's trimatch vs. Bishop O'Connell and Virginia Episcopal, 150-165-200. Senior Woodson Smith and third former Benny Haggin were co-medalists with 37's (+2). Seniors Crawford Humphreys and Andrew Jacobs fired 38's (+3). Fifth former Jack Stein (39) and fourth former Luke McNabb (40) rounded out the Woodberry team.

With the win, Woodberry improves to 10-2 overall. The Tigers are next in action on Tuesday at home vs. Benedictine.

Left to right: Crawford Humphreys, Woodson Smith, and Andrew Jacobs

The match was an opportunity to recognize three senior golfers playing together at home for the last time.

Crawford Humphreys is a three-year letter winner. In his career, Crawford has averaged 41.30 for nine holes. A founding member of WFSPN, Crawford has been at the mike numerous times for Woodberry sporting events. He will attend Washington & Lee University.

Andrew Jacobs is a four-year letter winner. As a third former in 2015, Andrew played in six matches and was second on the team in scoring (38.75).

In 2016, Andrew improved his scoring average to 37.36. He earned his first All-Prep and All-State honors by shooting 73 in the tournament. Andrew was presented with the Thomas D. Bond MVP in Golf.

Last season, Andrew earned All-Prep and All-State distinction again. He averaged 37.19 strokes for the season and won the Sam A. Doughtery Golf Prize. During the summer Andrew was runner-up in the VSGA's oldest and most prestigious tournament for junior golfers, the Junior Amateur.

This season Andrew is second on the team in scoring (38.25) and is currently 15th all-time in career scoring at WFS. He will attend the University of Delaware and play golf.

Captain Woodson Smith is a three-year letter winner. As a newboy fourth former, Woodson had a 37.85 scoring average. His 79 in the VISAA state tournament was the winner tie-breaker that gave the Tigers the VPL and the VISAA titles.

Last year, Woodson averaged 38.13 strokes per nine holes, earned All-Prep, and again helped WFS to its sixth consecutive VPL title. Woodson was presented with the Bond Golf MVP Award.

This season Woodson leads the team with a scoring average of 38.00 and is currently 20th all-time in career scoring. He will attend Sewanee-The University of the South next year and play golf.

Congratulations to each of these fine young men.

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Varsity B defeats St. Chris

The Varsity B Team defeated the Saints of St. Christopher's today in a match here at Woodberry. The final score (top 5 aggregate for each team) was 222 for St. Chris and 201 for WFS.

Hughes Edwards was medalist, shooting a one over par score of 36.

Other scores to make up Woodberry's total were:

Jack Malone 39

Owen Ramee 41

Miller King 42

Matthew Durham 43

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.