Woodberry Forest Golf

Thursday, April 8, 2010

JV wins against Trinity Episcopal

The JV team traveled with the Varsity players on Tuesday to play Trinity Episcopal's JV team. The JV players played just as well as those on the Varsity team and were able to win easily,168 to 192. Led by fourth former Jack Dalrymple with a 40, the Tigers JV team is off to a hot (4-0) start. The rest of the scores were as follows...

168 Woodberry Forest School 192 Trinity Episcopal School

40 Jack Dalrymple 45 Becca Kapsak
42 Tyler Grills 47 Johno Burke
43 Charles Blaydes 48 Nick D'Ambra
43 Spence Townsend 52 George Lee Wilkinson
44 Greg McIntosh 56 Will Shiflett
49 Walter Smithson 58 Joey Evans

Varsity Golf suffers loss to Trinity Episcopal

On Tuesday, the Trinity Episcopal golf team won their first victory ever against the Tigers. Woodberry struggled at Trinity's home course, Salisbury CC (Buckingham 9). Fifth former Milt Barber led the way for the Tigers and won medalist of the match with a 39. He was the only Varsity golfer to shoot int the 30's that day. The All-time record against Trinity now stands WFS-21, Trinity 1. The rest of the scores were as follows...

165 Woodberry Forest School 164 Trinity Episcopal School

39 Milt Barber 40 Chris Kapsak
40 Thomas Walter 40 Adam Pearson
43 Bennett duPont 42 Frank Hargrove
43 Shep Hardison 42 Connor McNeer
43 Charlie Moore 48 Mark Hoppe
43 Timothy Walter 49 Patrick Brown

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Woodberry Tops VISAA rankings

The Tigers are ranked first in the initial Virginia Independent School Athletic Association Division I golf poll.

Here is the full poll:

Division 1
Woodberry Forest
St. Christopher's
Cape Henry Collegiate
Blue Ridge School
Liberty Christian
STAB
Richmond Collegiate
Fork Union
Others Receiving Votes:
Nansemond Suffolk Academy

Division 2
Carlisle
Covenant
Walsingham Academy
Atlantic Shores
Greenbrier
Tandem Friends
Portsmouth Christian
Broadwater Academy
Others Receiving Votes:
Westover Christian
Holy Cross

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Jr Black defeats Eastern Mennonite School

On Thursday, the Junior Black golf team traveled to Harrisonburg to take on the Eastern Mennonite team at Heritage Oaks GC. The weather was ideal, 79 degrees with a light breeze. Third former and medalist, Timothy Walter, was the medalist for the match with a 37 (+3) to lead the Tigers to a 152-177 victory. Other contributions came from fourth former's Bennett DuPont and Jack Dalrymple, both with 38's.

The rest of the Tiger scores were:

37 Timothy Walter
38 Jack Dalrymple
38 Bennett DuPont
39 Tyler Grills
39 David Lee
41 Starling Gamble

The Junior Black improves its record to 4 -0. Their next match is Tuesday, April 13 vs. Benedictine.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Casio Exilim Camera

Our Casio Exilim EX-F1 camera can shoot high-speed video. Check out the swings at 300/fps and 600/fps in the YouTube frame at the top of the page.

Thanks go to Mitch Hull for his generous support in making the purchase of this camera and our other instructional materials possible.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

JV beats St. Catherine's and St. Gertrude's

On Tuesday, the Woodberry JV golfers opened their season at home versus St. Catherine's and St. Gertrude's. The match was cut to six holes because of the late tee off time. Nevertheless, the JV squad won 110 (WFS)- 134(St. Catherine's)- 146 (St. Gertrude's). Individual scores were as follows:

110 Woodberry Forest 134 St. Catherine's      146 St. Gertrude's

25 Bennett DuPont    24 Alex Wright    31 Megan Downing
27 Jack Dalrymple       35 Kara Williams      38 Maggy Mastin
28 Walker Smithson     36 Marie Belt           38 Amy Prodraza
30 Brandon Gilbert       39 Katherine Maloney 39 Elise Matsuura
31 Greg McIntosh    39 Jane Taylor    41 Caroline Nelson
31 Spence Townsend    41 Mary Stuart Nelson 42 Jillian VanWinkle

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Jr. Black notches two more wins

Using its home course advantage on a windy day the Jr. Black golf squad won its first home match. The Tigers posted a combined score of 168, edging out the Blue Ridge team who shot 171, and easily beating the Eastern Mennonite score of 207. The medalist for Jr. Black was the 6th man, Starling Gamble, who shot a 5 over round of 40, clinching the win.

The Jr. Black plays Thursday vs. Eastern Mennonite at Heritage Oaks GC in Harrisonburg, VA.

Starling Gamble: 40

Timothy Walter: 42

Connor Dobbs: 43

David Lee: 43

Charles Blaydes: 44

Pete Heck: 47

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.