Woodberry Forest Golf

Friday, October 28, 2011

Tiger golfers team up with club members

Congratulations to Bennett Dupont and Jack Dalrymple. They teamed up with Barry Brookman and Dick Clore, local members of the Woodberry Golf Club, to win a 5 team Captain's Choice tournament at Woodberry today. Each team in the tournament consisted of two students and two public members from the Woodberry Golf Club. In cold conditions Bennett and Jack's team shot an 11 under par round of 59. Spence Townshend and Billy Mott, along with club members John Deeds and Rodney Brown, also shot a 59, but lost to the Dupont/Dalrymple team in a one hole playoff. Thanks to all who participated.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Fall golfers welcome Ron Gring

Golf teacher Ron Gring of Gring Golf spent the past several days working with the fall golfers. At the end of his visit, Ron and his wife Yvette, enjoyed Sunday dinner and chapel with the rest of the school.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Golf defeats Middleburg

The golf team improved its record to 2-0 this fall with a easy victory over Middleburg 185-243 Friday. Fifth former Timothy Walter was the medalist with a one under par 34.

Woodberry Forest vs. Middleburg Academy
WFS GC
nine holes, par 35
low five scores count towards team total

WFS (2-0) 185
Middleburg 243

Individual scores--WFS

Timothy Walter	34
William Knibbs	36
Bennett duPont	38
Jack Dalrymple	38
Tyler Grills	39

Other scores--WFS

Billy Mott	40
Richard Hunt	42
Tim Lindsay	43
Spence Townsend	43

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Golfers notch first win of fall season

Saturday the Woodberry golf team won its first match of the 2011 campaign at home over the Potomac School, 187-221. Senior Tyler Grills was the medalist with an even par round of 35.

The Tigers play Middleburg at home Friday, September 16 at 4 PM.

Woodberry Forest vs. The Potomac School
Woodberry Forest GC
9 holes par 35
Low five scores count

Woodberry Forest - 187
Potomac - 221

Woodberry Individual

Tyler Grills	35
Timothy Walter	36
Bennett duPont	37
Jack Dalrymple	39
William Knibbs	40
Richard Hunt	40
Spence Townsend	44
Seamus Dunne	44
Tim Lindsay	45
Rob Wyatt	46

Potomac

Mike Des	40
Mark Ramsey	44
Chris Graves	44
Jack Chason	46
Brendon D.	47

Monday, May 23, 2011

Woodberry finishes third in State tournament

The Tigers traveled to Suffolk, VA to Sleepy Hole GC for the fourth annual VISAA golf championship. Woodberry shot 318 to finish third in the eight-team field. St. Christopher's took the title with a 308 total, behind sophomore Adam Ball's 65, which took medalist honors.

Congratulations goes to senior Charlie Moore, who earned All-State honors, by virtues of his placing tied for tenth. Other Woodberry scores: Shep Hardison 78, Milt Barber 79, Bennett duPont 84, Timothy Walter 85, Tyler Grills 86.

Team scores:

St.Christopher's - 308
Collegiate - 312
WOODBERRY - 318
Episcopal - 319
Cape Henry - 323
Trinity Episcopal - 328
Liberty Christian - 332
Blue Ridge - 343

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Woodberry finishes 3rd at VPL tournament

Thunderstorms delayed and interrupted the second round of the 2011 Virginia Preparatory League tournament. Woodberry began the day 13 shots behind Collegiate, and tied with St. Christopher's for second place. Even though they improved by one shot from the first round, the Tigers could not catch St. Christopher's or Collegiate. Woodberry's two-day total of 597 was just behind Collegiate's 595 (286-309). St. Christopher's won in impressive fashion with a (-3) under par second day round of 285 for a 586 total.

Woodberry Forest 299-298 = 597

Shep Hardison 73-72 = 145 5th place, All-Prep
Bennett duPont 78-72= 150 7th place, All-Prep
Charlie Moore 76-75 = 151 8th place, All-Prep
Tyler Grills 73 -79 = 152 11th place
James Walter 77 - 81 = 158
Timothy Walter 85-80 = 165

Monday, May 16, 2011

VPL - 1st round

Monday's round at Independence GC began with early morning fog and finished in sunshine. The Tigers shot 299, and are tied with St. Christopher's for 2nd place. Collegiate shot 286 (-2) to take a commanding lead.

Woodberry scores
Shep Hardison - 73
Tyler Grills - 73
Charlie Moore - 76
James Walter - 77
Bennett duPont - 78
Timothy Walter - 85

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.