Woodberry Forest Golf

Monday, August 4, 2014

Marc Hogan named Scrimmage Play Golf Coach of the Year

Scrimmage Play, an online magazine covering central Virginia athletics, named Woodberry golf coach Marc Hogan its Golf Coach of the Year.

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Bo Pettegrew plays for Ohio team at 2014 Ohio/Pennsylvania Bi-State Challenge

Bo Pettegrew '16 was one of sixteen golfers (eight boys, eight girls) selected to represent the state of Ohio in the 14th annual Ohio/Pennsylvania Bi-State Challenge. This Ryder Cup style event was played July 28-29 at the Oakland Beach GC in Conneaut Lake, PA. Bo finished 1-1-1 in his three matches, but the team from PA was victorious. Pictures are at the following: http://www.buckeyegolf.com/jr-tournament/2014-bi-sate-challenge-results

At the Oho Junior State Championships at Eagle Creek GC, Norwalk, OH the week before, Bo finished tied for eighth by shooting a 156 (79-77).

Basil Boyd competes in 2014 Optimist International Junior

Basil Boyd '17 shot 74-79-78 at the 2014 Optimist International Junior at PGA National Resort & Spa, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Over 5000 juniors world wide tried to qualify for this event, and Basil was one of the top 150 boys in his division (16-18).

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Peter Knade finishes 6th at AJGA Philadelphia

Peter Knade '16 shot 221 (77-70-74) to finish tied for sixth at the 2014 AJGA Philadelphia Junior this week. Huntington Valley CC hosted this event on their 6900 yard course.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Basil Boyd ’16 finishes 10th at 2014 Andrew Haley Memorial /Smith Mountain Lake Jr. Golf Tournament

Basil Boyd shot 155 (75-80) to finish tenth at the 2014 Andrew Haley Memorial/Smith Mountain Lake Junior Golf tournament on July 21-22, 2014.

In the summer of 1991, The Andrew Haley Memorial Junior Golf Tournament was organized by loved ones to honor a young member of the Carolina Professional Golfer’s Association of America, who died in an automobile accident at the age of 24. The tournament was played at Mariners Landing Golf and Country Club. Also in 1991, the Smith Mountain Lake Lions Club hosted its first SML Lions Junior Open, which was organized to offer more competitive opportunities for junior golfers and played at The Waterfront Country Club. The two tournaments are now combined into one of the premier junior golf tournaments in Southwest Virginia.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Peter Knade finishes T-11 at Annapolis AJGA

Peter Knade continued his strong play this summer, shooting 219 (77-73-69) last week at the AJGA Annapolis tournament at the Old South CC. Peter finished just five shots behind the winner on the par 72, 6692 yards layout.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Bo Pettegrew gets third win on LEJGA

Bo Pettegrew '16 notched his third win on the Lake Erie Junior Golf Association's summer tour last week. In addition to his three wins, Bo has two second place finishes in six starts. He is currently leads the LEJGA in scoring average and is in second for Player of the Year.

See results here.

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.