Woodberry Forest Golf

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Ike Grainger '64 to become Executive Director of The First Tee of Charlotte

Ike Grainger recently retired from a 20+ year career in the commercial construction business in Charlotte to become the Executive Director of The First Tee of Charlotte. The First Tee is a national non-profit youth development organization that teaches kids aged 5 to 18 years old life skills through the game of golf. The Charlotte chapter is one of 196 chapters across the country.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Woodberry golfers shine at MAPGA junior golf event

Shown above, Left to right: Peter Knade '16, Thomas Mack '14, Billy Mott '13, Timothy Walters '13, and William Knibbs '13.

Peter Knade '16 won the Boys 14-15 year old age group at Middle Atlantic PGA Turkey Two-day Junior Golf Tournament at Shenandoah Valley Golf Club. Peter shot the low round of the weekend (69) on Sunday, and his two-day total of 147 (78-69) was twenty shots better than second place.

William Knibbs '13 shot 79-76 to finish fourth in the Boys 16-18 year old division.

Other Woodberry scores included Timothy Walter '13 (88-85), Billy Mott '13 (88-87), Thomas Mack '14 (88-87), Edward Miller '15 (98-WD), and John Duffy (106-WD).

Click here for the Turkey Two-Day Leaderboard.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Woodberry Forest Golf Club revives traditional rivalry

Woodberry Forest Golf Club members revived a forty-five year old tradition on October 21, 2012, when they hosted Culpeper Country Club for the Bent Putter Trophy. Players included faculty members David Smith and Marc Hogan and alumni John Faulconer '58, and Culpeper team captain Bob Hudson '73. Woodberry kept the Bent Putter trophy, which it has held since 1969, by winning four and tying one of the six matches. Woodberry team captain and tournament organizer John Amos remarked before the start of play: "Ever since I became Woodberry Golf Club manager, I've been hearing about the 'good old days' of golf at Woodberry. By bringing back this tournament, I hope to bring back an enjoyable tradition."

Sunday, September 30, 2012

New video of Ron Gring's visit

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Ron Gring works with boys and faculty

PGA Teaching Professional Ron Gring is making his annual stop at WFS this weekend. Ron will give individual lessons and provide club fitting services for the varsity golfers. Ranked by Golf Magazine as one of the top 100 golf instructors in America, Ron has worked with WFS students over the last six years on all phases of golf: swing mechanics, fitness, course management, and playing strategies. Ron Gring's visit is sponsored in part by a gift from Mitch Hull '77.

Ron Gring arrives today

Check out this video about Ron's visit last year.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Golfers defeat Potomac

The Tigers easily defeated Potomac at home Saturday 390-447. Five scores counted towards the teams' totals. Third former Peter Knade was the medalist with a 72.

Woodberry Forest vs. Potomac
WFS GC
18 holes par 70

Woodberry Forest 390
Potomac 447

Individual Scores

Peter Knade, WFS 72
Richard Hunt, WFS 76
Timothy Walter, WFS 79
Billy Mott, WFS 79
Spence Townsend, WFS 84
Mark Ramsey, P 84
Jack Chason, P 84
Christopher Eagan, WFS 87
Alex Gerson, P 88
Thomas Mack, WFS 89
CJ Dunne, WFS 90
Colin Graham, P 93
Tim Lindsay, WFS 97
Nathan Marcone, P 98
John Duffy, WFS 99
Harris Rooney, P 100
Tom Desantis, P 101
Thomas Fleming, P 104

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.