Woodberry Forest Golf

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Woodberry's three golf teams begin practicing

Varsity Team with Coach Hogan and Coach Smith

Varsity Seniors

JV Team with Coach Bond

Bengal golfers with Coach Huber and Coach Amos

John Duffy warms up on a cold day.

Making use of the Graves Practice Area.

More photos are available at the Woodberry Forest School Photo Album.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Late spring snow courtesy of winter storm Saturn

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Golf team hosts golf club fitting expert

This past weekend, the Woodberry golf team hosted Neil Fleitell from Titleist Fitting Works. Based in Washington, D.C., Neil worked with more than a dozen Woodberry golfers and coaches to find the best combination of club heads and shafts. "It was a fun weekend," said Coach Marc Hogan. "We got to try out the latest equipment--drivers, fairway woods, irons, and wedges."

Neil works with Teddy Garner '16 on finding the perfect driver.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Congrats Peter Knade '16!

Peter Knade '16 shot 81-68-76 (225) to finish tied for 24th in the 14-15 year old group at The Doral-Publix Junior Golf Classic in Miami, FL, this weekend. Playing on the Doral Golf Resort's Gold course (6580 yard layout), Peter's second-round four-under-par 68 was Saturday's low round.

The Doral-Publix is the premiere tournament for junior golf. Over 690 junior golfers from around the world representing over 45 countries participate in this tournament every year. Contestants not only have to be great golfers but they must demonstrate academic excellence in the classroom.

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."

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.