Woodberry Forest Golf

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Varsity golf loses 2016 Disharoon Cup match

The Tigers traveled Friday to Baltimore to play the 14th Disharoon Cup vs. St. Paul's School. Baltimore Country Club's West Course was the site.

The Disharoon Cup format is six singles matches worth 3 points, and three fourball matches worth one point. Tied matches earn 1/2 a point. There are 21 points available.

Playing in extremely cold and windy conditions, the home team won for the first time in eight years, 12.5-8.5. The series now stands WFS 9, St. Paul's 5.

Individual results:

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Varsity loses to St. Chris

The Tigers dropped a close golf match at St. Chris 143-150. Teddy Garner was the medalist with a two over par round of 36.

Woodberry defends the Disharoon Cup Saturday in Baltimore vs. St. Paul's School.

Woodberry Forest vs. St. Christopher's
CCV-Westhampton
9 holes, par 34

St. Chris 143
Woodberry 150

Individual Scores
Teddy Garner 36
Lamar Mallory 37
Scott Gullquist 38
Peter Knade 39

Basil Boyd 40
Woodson Smith 40

Monday, April 4, 2016

Varsity golf loses to British All-star team: 8 1/2 to 3 1/2

Four Woodberry golfers joined with four golfers from St. Anne's Belfield yesterday at Farmington CC for a match against a touring group of British schoolboys. This group, known as the Swifts, has been coming to the US for competitions since 1969, and they first played against Woodberry Forest in 1973.

The format was eight individual singles matches and four fourball (better ball) matches. Each match was worth one point. Unfortunately, inclement weather shortened the match from 18 to 9 holes. The British team showed their class by handling the combined US team, 8.5 to 3.5.

Here are the individual scores and results. Farmington played 3370 yards, par 35 from the back tees.

T.J. Ronayne ’97 hosted the match at Farmington Country Club.

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

New practice area helps golfers perfect pitching

Golfers returned from spring break to find a new practice area near the golf course's fifth hole. The pitching area offers the ability to practice shots up to 100 yards.

Golfers beat EHS

The Tigers traveled to Alexandria and Belle Haven CC to face the Maroon of Episcopal on March 29, 2016. Led by Captain Peter Knade's and fifth former Basil Boyd's one-over-par 37's, Woodberry defeated Episcopal 152-163. Because of inclement weather, this was the first match between the schools since 2013.

Since 1986, Woodberry Forest leads the golf series, 21-4.

Individual Scores
Peter Knade 37
Basil Boyd 37
Teddy Garner 39
Lamar Mallory 39
Scott Gullquist 40
Woodson Smith 41

Exhibition
Bo Pettegrew 37
Charles Hargrove 43

Monday, March 28, 2016

Golf teams begin practice

Varsity Golf with Coaches Marc Hogan, David Smith, and Dave Villers

JV Golf with Coach John Amos

Bengal Golf with Coaches Tom Bond and Paul Huber

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Golf team members putt one in for admissions video

Watch Tiger golfers sinking four balls at once at 1:28 on the Admissions Welcome to the boys who received acceptance letters to Woodberry Forest School this week.

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.