Changes

Housing on Spring Break has varied quite a bit in recent years. 2003 and 2004 were spent in one of the grossest Motel 6's in the world, where dogs ran wild, some rooms appeared to contain entire extended families, a prostitute wanted to smoke up with Ned Wydysh and Bryan Harmon '04, and Matt Slovitt used the parking lot as his personal urinal. In 2005, after getting kicked out of Motel 6 (maybe it was the plywood thrown in the pool, BH?), Rick Pohle hooked the team up with 2 condos overlooking the PGA Golf Club. It was paradise. Night golf on the par-3 course out back was common, more beirut was played than ever, and the accommodations were even nice enough that girls came over one night. In 2006, it was a slight step down to a hotel setup - neighboring guests in the hallway apparently kept wondering why the boys next door played so much ping-pong late at night...

"[[Guide_to_Off-Campus_Dining#Ye_Olde_Forge|Old Forge Restaurant]]": "Discovered" by Ned Wydysh for his birthday on Valentine's Day, 2003, going to the Forge quickly became a weekly staple for the golf team. As the 2003-2004 school year rolled around, senior captains Ned (3 beer cards) and BH (0 beer cards) made going to the Forge at least as important as playing golf for members of the team. The amazing wings and good beer fueled the team's mediocre play week in and week out. Ned, BH, Zach McArthur (3 beer cards), John Kildahl (almost 4 beer cards), Matt Slovitt (almost 4 beer cards), and non-golfer Jon Russell '06 (3 beer cards) made up the core of the weekly group. As younger members of the team learned of this tradition, they became important participants, mostly as designated drivers. In particular, Brendan "Lapdog" Conley '08 (2 beer cards!) served this role well, sacrificing gaining the freshman 15 (or 25) in exchange for wings every week. It is this author's hope that the Forge tradition remains alive in the Williams Golf family as long as possible.

"Bob Seger": The beginning of the love affair between the Williams Golf Team and the music of Bob Seger was when Will Sicks '03 and John Kildahl '06 picked up a Seger tape at a gas station on Spring Break 2003. The Seger was the preferred music of that entire break at Motel 6, and by the end of it, the entire team enjoys weekly trips knew the words to his Greatest Hits. Many CDs were burned, Seger was played at every golf event and car ride to and from the [[Guide_to_Off-Campus_Dining#Ye_Olde_Forge|Old Forge Restaurant]], and every time you heard him you thought of Spring Break and a smile came to your face. Bob Seger, and Lapdoghas remained as a presence at all golf team social functions. "Just working on those Night Moves...".   "Halftime Putting Contest": At the halftime