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[[Image:hole3.JPG|right|thumbnail|a Williams treasure: Taconic Golf Club]]The Williams Men's Golf Team is one of the most successful Division III golf programs in the countryand is the 10-time defending Little Three Champion. The team has made the 23-team [[NCAA ]] Tournament field 9 of the last 11 years10 times, with its best finish a 10th place showing in 1999. Roster size generally ranges from 10-14 players whose golf games range from scratch to 3 or 4 handicaps. Certainly one of the best perks of making the team is enjoying unlimited playing and practicing privileges at the beautiful [[Taconic Golf Club]].

Class of 2005 - Kurt Brumme (==Team members and alums==[[Image:Brumbag.jpg|left|thumbnail|"Old Saggy" '05]]Present and past members of the golf team, Old Saggy Brummbag, General Brumsfeld), Zach McArthur (Z-Mac, Uncle Z, Beached Whalealong with their nicknames, Uncle Th)are listed.

Class of 2006 Captains for the 2010- John Kildahl (Johnny Booze)2011 season are Bob Camp, Will Sirignano (C-Ring, High Octane, Nano)Drew Murray, Matt Slovitt (Slops)Jack Killea, Tim Evans (Timmy)and Jake Wagner.

'''Class of 2007 - Kevin Kellert 2014:''' Cody (StiltsSmelly) Semmelrock, LambdaRoss (Husband) Bowen, Shits, Sandhill Crane, Tuberculosis, Chief Tall BearDylan (America)Dethier, Alex Mallory and Jake (Dirtbag, 13, DBSnake)Abrahams

'''Class of 2008 - Brendan Conley (Lapdog), Jeff Lin (Linny the Pooh, Linnypooh), Nicholas Nottebohm (Nick2013:''' Ryan Brand, on occasion?)Jack Ervasti, Nick Ryder^ Wyatt (Cup, WalmartMudbone)Sparks, Don Wieczorek^ (GaryHrishi Srinagesh, Wicklsakdack)Alex Xu

'''Class of 2009^^ - Rahul Bahl (Hard H, Squirrel)2012:''' Siwol Chang, Chris Chiang, Matt FelserValle, Logan GerrityMario Mastromarino, David RamseyAri Kerstein

'''Class of 2011:''' Bob Camp, Drew Murray, Jack Killea (Loaf), Jake Wagner, Jack Wadden^, Rob Kalb^ - no longer with program. Either plays Ivy League golf or is a 3rd string hockey goalie

^^ - not a well known class to '''Class of 2009:''' Rahul Bahl (Hard H, Squirrel, the writer of this articleIndian), Chris Chiang (Chianger), Matt Felser (15), Logan Gerrity, David Ramsay (Rammerz, Youngblood), Tyler Zara (owl), Galen Jackson

Recent Notable Events'''Class of 2006:''' John Kildahl , Will Sirignano (C-Ring, High Octane, Nano), Matt Slovitt (Slops), Tim Evans (Timmy), Matt Wilka^ (Wilka-monster)

"The 289"'''Class of 2005: Playing in the season-ending District Shootout event at Taconic in late April''' Kurt Brumme (Old Saggy, 2005Old Saggy Brummbag, the Ephs needed a great finish to ensure an invitation to the NCAA field. After a score of 304 on Saturday to put them in 3rd placeGeneral Brumsfeld), on Sunday the team lapped the field with the best single-round score in Williams Golf history Zach McArthur (Z- a 289. Leading the way was junior captain Matt SlovittMac, who ran off a string of birdiesUncle Z, including four straight culminating on the 11th hole where he found himself 6-under par. Matt finished the day at 1-under par 70. Sophomore Kevin Kellert finished the front nine with a 33Beached Whale, and was shocked to hear that 3-under wasn't even good enough to be best on the team at that point! Kevin finished with an even-par 71. Freshman phenom Nick Ryder played a consistent round of golfUncle Th), ending with a birdie on 18 for an even-par 71 to share tournament medalist honors with Slovitt. Junior Will Sirignano rounded out the scoring with a solid 77, making the team total an eye-popping 289 and cementing Williams a spot in Orlando at Nationals.John Harris^

"The 13-putt"'''Class of 200?: The headline of the article following an October, 2003 tournament was "Ephs Fall Victim to Bizarre Course Set-up @ ECAC Championship." However, it was certainly freshman Alex Mallory that bore the brunt of the bizarre course set-up. The 10th hole at Saratoga Spa golf course is an short, overly narrow par four that ends with the most severe green on the course - a two-tiered surface pitching sharply from back to front. In an ridiculous and controversial decision, on this day the pin was cut almost right into the tier, making it virtually impossible to keep any ball near the hole. With many players struggling to find the elusive hole, backups on the tee reached 5 group waits. After hitting the green in regulation 2 strokes, Alex proceeded to 13-putt the green for a 15 on the hole. The remaining members of the team four and five-putted, as 3 foot missed putts ended up 30 or more feet away. Certain that this unfair situation would be turned into an automatic 2-putt ''' Michael Dougherty^ (as the fourth green was on this dayMike D), Alex went on to post a fine 1-over par performance for the other 17 of his holes. However, the tournament director apparently did not see a big enough issue and chose to let the scores stand. Enraged Williams coach Rick Pohle refused to stay for the tournament conclusion and wrote numerous official complaint letters to throw the tournament results out. The effort went unrewarded, and the team's drop from 2nd or 3rd to 9th place in the ECAC championship because of the hole location was a large factor in missing Nationals at the end of the year.

[[Image:09EphsWmsInviteChamps.jpg|right|thumbnail|The highlight spoils of victory]] After a year and a half of self-proclaimed underachievement, the golf team's season is an annual 2-week Spring Break trip to Ephs stepped up their games at the East Coast of Florida2009 Williams Invitational. The team goes to improve their golf and [[beirut]] skills. Detailed statistics for golf (fairways, greens in regulation, putts, sand saves"A" squad fired an impressive 288 on day 1, led by Jack Killea and penalty strokes) and beirut (cups hit, wal-marts, last cup hit, quotes) are meticulously recordedChris Valle's matching 70s. In 2004 and 2005, Zach The "Uncle ThB" McArthur wrote up comprehensive reports, complete squad was not too far behind with color picturesa 297, that totaled over 100 pages containing every game of beirut played over breakled by freshman Jack Ervasti's 70. From the statisticsAfter Saturday, it is clear that golf skill and beirut skill do not tend to overlap. As one increases the other"A" squad sat in first place, as sad as it may be, declines. An inverse relationship per se, or whatever. This is especially 2 shots clear in the cases of Matt Slovitt Salem St. and Kevin Kellert, clearly the two best golfers on the team, and even more clearly, the two worst beirut partners on the team6 ahead of NYU.

Coach Pohle appears Then came Sunday. Junior Jack Killea brought his scuba gear to schedule Taconic with a clever 6-under 29 on the golf tee times so that front side. In totally unexplored territory, the team's hangovers (sweat glands got working a little bit, and Jack made the surprising decision to play the back nine with a rain glove on his own) wear off before right hand. Ass in a handbag, or whatever, one golf professional noted. But it worked, as Jack fired a 67 for a 137 weekend total and the first ball is hitindividual 2nd place. Often playing at 1pmHe was helped by a 68 from Jake Wagner, a 73 by Chris Valle, and of course, ALWAYS with a cart74 by Wyatt "Chip-in" Sparks. In total, the team's golf is consistently awful over break"A" squad posted a slim 282 on Sunday. Rounds of 100 are not uncommonThe 570 total was good for a 10 shot victory. It took Zach McArthur 30 rounds on Spring Break before he broke 80 in his last one - shooting 78 and losing Not to Coach Pohle by be forgotten, the "B" squad fired a 303 for a shot on 600 weekend total. Appropriately, the final holeentire team was given glass Taconic 24-oz. mugs as awards.

Recent Golf Team TraditionsSuggested listening:List of Demands, anything about Hotlanta

"Halftime Putting Contest"[[Image: At nationals2005.jpg|right|thumbnail|A week in Orlando, thanks to the halftime of 289]]Playing in the homecoming football gameseason-ending District Shootout event at Taconic in late April, 2005, the team gathers at (stumbles [[Eph]]s needed a great finish to ensure an invitation to) Taconic for a putting contestthe NCAA field. Anyone not completely inebriated (Kevin, hrmph) should not participate. Recent winners have included Matt SlovittAfter a score of 304 on Saturday to put them in 3rd place, despite falling over on several of his putts, and Kurt Brumme '05, who sank Sunday the team lapped the field with the winning 40best single-footer round score in 2005 with Williams Golf history - a BAC of... a lot. Talking wasted with Coach Pohle is not required, though it seems to happen every year and end poorly every time289. "Enjoy the second half."

Leading the way was junior captain Matt Slovitt, who ran off a string of birdies, including four straight culminating on the 11th hole where he found himself 6-under par. Matt finished the day at 1-under par 70. Sophomore Kevin Kellert finished the front nine with a 32, and was shocked to hear that 3-under wasn't even good enough to be best on the team at that point! Kevin finished with an even-par 71 to share tournament medalist honors with Slovitt. Freshman phenom Nick Ryder played a consistent round of golf, ending with a birdie on 18 for an even-par 71. Junior Will Sirignano rounded out the scoring with a solid 77, making the team total an eye-popping 289 and cementing Williams a spot in Orlando at Nationals. ===The 13-putt=== [[Image:thirteen.jpg|left|thumbnail|Alex Mallory, aka "13"]] The headline of the article following an October, 2003 tournament was "Ephs Fall Victim to Bizarre Course Set-up @ ECAC Championship." However, it was certainly freshman Alex Mallory that bore the brunt of the bizarre course set-up.   The 10th hole at Saratoga Spa golf course is a short, overly narrow par four that ends with the most severe green on the course - a two-tiered surface pitching sharply from back to front. In a ridiculous and controversial decision, the pin on this day was cut almost right into the tier, making it virtually impossible to keep any ball near the hole. With many players struggling to find the elusive hole, backups on the tee reached 5 group waits. After hitting the green in regulation 2 strokes, Alex proceeded to 13-putt the green for a 15 on the hole. The remaining members of the team four and five-putted, as 3 foot missed putts ended up 30 or more feet away. Certain that this unfair situation would be turned into an automatic 2-putt (as the fourth green was on this day), Alex went on to post a fine 1-over par performance for the other 17 of his holes. However, the tournament director apparently did not see a big enough issue and chose to let the scores stand. Enraged Williams golf coach [[Rick Pohle]] refused to stay for the tournament conclusion and wrote numerous official complaint letters to throw the tournament results out. The effort went unrewarded, and the team's drop from 2nd or 3rd to 9th place in the ECAC championship because of the hole location was a large factor in missing Nationals at the end of the year. ===Stu's Miracle===Williams' major golf rival is [[BroomballSkidmore College]], the other elite program in the Northeast District. One of Skidmore's best players in the last few years has been Stuart Drahota '07, who has become an idol in the eyes of many on the Williams team -- and not only because of his ultra-cool green shoes that read "STU", his winning a tournament by shooting 66 with rental clubs after his were stolen the night before, his very tight relationship with Alex Mallory, or his showing up at Kevin Kellert's 21st birthday party on the Williams campus. Stu is everywhere. He even bumped into John Kildahl '06 during the summer of 2006, but not in Williamstown, or even the US. They were the only two people left late at night in a deserted train station - in Prague.  "Stu?!" "Johnny Booze?!" [[Image:Stu.jpg|right|thumbnail|STU]]  Stu cemented his godly status with the Wiliams golf team with a single shot on the 18th hole of the Saratoga Spa golf course in the fall of 2004. Playing with Williams freshman Brendan "Lapdog" Conley, Stu missed a 2-foot putt by an inch on the 17th hole and proceeded to show the only flash of anger he has ever had on the golf course, slamming his putter into his foot and bending it.  After using the broken putter to tap in, Stu and Lapdog went to the 18th. As they were playing in the #1 position, they had teed off last and were set to finish the 18th with the rest of the field and coaches ringing the green. Of course, this was going to get interesting as Stu could not use his bent putter, as it is against the rules to do so. "What club would Stu use to putt?", thought Lapdog, as they walked up the fairway. "His wedge? His driver?" With no putter available, Stu, however, found the best solution. Approaching the green from 150 yards out, Stu swung a 9-iron that sent the ball onto the green, hopping toward the pin, and amazingly, going in the hole for an eagle 2! Stu never needed to putt. Stu is a golf god. ===Golf Digest Article=== [[Image:Golfdigest.jpg|left|thumbnail|Williams in Golf Digest]]The magazine Golf Digest decided to focus on college golf for a portion of its September, 2005 issue. It ranked the top collegiate programs (regardless of division) in three categories: "Golf First," "Academics First," and "Balanced." Williams earned the [http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/gd200509collegegolf11.html/ 10th place spot] in the "Academics First" ranking, edging out 11th place Harvard and far ahead of 24th place Amherst. In addition to this recognition, the magazine chose to highlight the typical life of a golfer at several schools. Along with Division I powerhouses Wake Forest and Southern Cal, they looked to Williams, where Coach Pohle quickly recommended they follow around Matt Slovitt for a day. In addition to having a reporter trail Matt from class to the golf course to parties, Golf Digest hired a famous photographer to put together a photo essay of the team. [http://www.jamesrexroad.com/ James Rexroad] arrived in Williamstown straight from Colombia, where he had spent a week photographing "the most dangerous neighborhood in the world" for National Geographic. The week he spent with the Williams golfers was a little different: James photographed and played [[beirut]] with Matt, ate at the Forge with Nick and Brendan, then hopped a flight to Florida with the team and spent some time thrift-store shopping with Zach. The resulting pictures and [http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/gd200509collegegolf7.html/ article in Golf Digest] gave the Williams program a nice bit of national exposure.  For any students of Italian at Williams, the writeup even made it into Il Mondo Del Golf, as reprinted below. "Matthew Slovitt di Winnetka, Illinois, assapora una classica esperienza universitaria: una delle migliori scuole di Lettere, un programma di golf competitivo, squash universitario junior, piccole commedie e una crociera di 14 giorni per studiare filosofia e biologia alle Isole Galapagos. “Sono molto impegnato, ma tutti i miei amici hanno molte cose da fare” dice il co-capitano. “ e riescono anche a giocare a beachvolley”. '''8:45''' Sveglia, colazione. '''9:55''' lezione di diplomazia. “Non sono un gran politico-scientifico-teorico, ma la lezione è al 100 per cento discussione stimolata dai 12 studenti della classe”. '''11:10''' Biblioteca. Avendo come materie principali biologia ed economia, studiare quattro ore al giorno, cinque giorni a settimana è lo standard. '''12:15''' Un panino veloce, nella sede di scienze recentemente rinnovata. '''12:55''' Invio di e-mail dal computer della biblioteca per concordare la pratica del golf nel pomeriggio. '''13:00''' Tre ore di laboratorio di microbiologia. “È una classe veramente difficile, ma imparo molto”. '''16:15''' Sul tee al Taconic Golf Club con i miei compagni di squadra Uncle Z (Zach McArthur), Lapdog (Brendan Conley), e Cup (Nick Ryder). Gioco 10 buche veloci. '''18:50''' Cena: insalata, pollo, pasta, Gatorade e uno yogurt. '''20:00''' Lavoro a un compito di economia con un giocatore di tennis. '''23:00''' Festa dei quattro anni di Frosh Revue. “ La mia peggiore esibizione l’ho fatta cercando di cantare una canzone scritta da noi. Terribile”. '''2:00''' Luci spente." ===Uncle Z=== Uncle Z would forever cement himself in the annals of Golf Team Lore by coming no less than 20 times to Williams College the year AFTER he graduated. In fact according to some testimonials, he was sighted more in 2006 at parties than the year earlier. Uncle Z was first spotted by freshman Rahul Bahl, Chris Chiang, and Matt Felser at the first "official golf party" at the B. He would then continue to keep in contact with the golf team... via golf parties. In fact, it soon became more of a surprise not to see Uncle Z than to actually see him. As our adopted uncle, Uncle Z not only met up with Slovitt and Lapdog in Europe, but even happened to visit the golf team on Spring Break. ===Rounds to Remember=== 1. The 289: a buzz around Taconic unlike any other. 2. Alex and Kevin shooting twin 69's in 2005 tryouts. 3. BH's 74 in the cold and sleet at Saratoga Spa in 2003. [[Image:Ned.jpg|right|thumbnail|Ned Wydysh ballstrikes with the best of them]] 4. Brumme's 14 straight pars before a "biblical" downpour in fall, 2003.  5. Kildahl, Slovitt, Conley shooting 73's, Mallory 75 for a 294 at Midd. 6. BH's 70 - with a lost ball - in the 2003 Eph Classic.  7. Will Sicks' 68-69 = 137 at the Williams Invitational his junior year. 8. Brumme winning holes 16 and 17 to clinch Little 3's over Amherst, 2004. 9. Slovitt's back to back 70's his freshman year tryouts. 10. Z-Mac and BH hitting 10 straight GIR alternate-shot at Little 3's. 11. Alex's 84 aka 73 at the Spa. 12. A 2-under par 70 by Ryder at Shenandoah fall of 2004. 13. Ned birdieing 18 to shoot 69 and beat Mihm by a stroke his sophomore year. 14. A 295 at Nationals in 2003. 15. Z-Mac's solid 78 on Spring Break at Mission Inn. 16. Team two-round record 290-293 = 583 at Taconic in September, 2001. 17. Ryder beating Kevin in the final putting match, Spring Break 2005. ==Team traditions== ===Spring break===[[Image:Mihmsicks.jpg|right|thumbnail|Will Sicks '03 and Dave Mihm '03 lead the cheers in Salem, VA]]The highlight of the golf team's season is an annual 2-week [[spring break]] trip to Florida. Most players make the long drive down the East Coast, leaving campus after classes end on the Friday before break begins and arriving in Florida on Sunday. In 2003 and 2004, the trip down fortunately coincided with the Williams Men's [[Basketball]] Team's appearance in the Final Four the same weekend in Salem, Virginia. Thus both spring breaks began on high notes, as the golfers witnessed Williams winning the championship on last second free throws in 2003, and beating rival Amherst in a heated semi-final matchup in 2004. The 24-hour ride down - as the temperature creeps up, the windows slowly get rolled down, and the beats of Rap Classics blare into the warm Carolina air - is the perfect kickoff to two amazing weeks. On the flip side, the long ride back to Williamstown, driving through the night toward the spring's cold rain and sleet, can be a depressing 24 hours.   The team goes to improve their golf and [[beirut]] skills. Detailed statistics for golf (fairways, greens in regulation, putts, sand saves, and penalty strokes) and beirut (cups hit, wal-marts, last cup hit, quotes) are meticulously recorded.   [[Image:john.jpg|left|thumbnail|John Kildahl in the midst of perhaps the greatest beirut performance of all time]]In 2004 and 2005, Zach "Uncle Th" McArthur wrote up comprehensive reports, complete with color pictures, that totaled over 100 pages containing every game of beirut played over break. From the statistics, it is clear that golf skill and beirut skill do not tend to overlap. As one increases, the other, as sad as it may be, declines. An inverse relationship ''per se'', or whatever. This is especially clear in the cases of Matt Slovitt and Kevin Kellert, clearly the two best golfers on the team, and even more clearly, the two worst beirut partners on the team. Coach Pohle appears to schedule the golf tee times so that the team's hangovers (and his own) wear off before the first ball is hit. Often playing at 1pm, and of course, ALWAYS with a cart, the team's golf is inconsistent, to say the least. In 2004, freshman Alex Mallory followed up a generous 115 at Hawk's Nest with a 69 two days later at Grand Harbor to win the alumni tournament.  More important than the actual golf rounds in 2005 were the pre-round putting matches. In perhaps the most epic golf match ever played on a putting green, Nick "Cup" Ryder made three straight 20-foot benders to beat Kevin Kellert 1-up on the 18th hole at Hawk's Nest, ensuring Kevin would not win the overall putting title. Ryder raced around the green to high-fiving teammates and old people alike after every made putt, and during the match said he wanted to make putts against Kevin more than he had ever wanted anything before. The victory improved Ryder's putting record to 2-7, but was by far the most impressive round of Ryder's year, easily trumping his collection of tournament 70's and 71's. Some of the better courses hacked up by the team are "Not So" Grand Harbor's River course (nickname by Ned Wydysh '04...), Hawk's Nest, BallenIsles, PGA Golf Club's Dye course, The Fox Club, and the McArthur Club. The worst course played is certainly Sand Ridge - "off to Sand Crotch again," said Ned at the beginning of every Spring Break.  [[Image:111kevbo.jpg|right|thumbnail|Kevbo with adoring Bennigan's waitress Pam]]From each day's golf course, the team generally has gone directly to dinner at a variety of chain restaurants: TGIF, Applebee's, Outback Steakhouse, and the like. The greasy food and large Brutus [[beers]] provide a perfect start to most nights. One burgeoning tradition is to visit Bennigan's one time during break; Bennigan's offers the "Monte Cristo" - two deep fried ham, turkey, and cheese sandwiches served with powdered sugar and raspberry jam. Kevin Kellert, challenged by the team to do so, ordered and ate TWO orders of Monte Cristos in 2004. This feat won him five dollars from the waitress, who had never seen anything like it done before.  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, and a prostitute wanted to smoke up with Ned Wydysh and Bryan Harmon '04. 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 and more beirut was played than ever before. 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... [[Image:woogie.jpg|center|thumbnail|night practice]] ===The Olde Forge===[[Image:forge.jpg|left|thumbnail|"12 original"]][[Image:Bhmiked.jpg|right|thumbnail|BH revels in getting his wings before Mike D]]Discovered" by Ned Wydysh for his birthday on [[Valentine's Day]], 2003, going to [[Restaurants#Ye_Olde_Forge|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, only drinks Coors Light and Foster's) 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 (4 beer cards), Matt "Philip" Slovitt (4 beer cards), and non-golfer Jon Russell '06 (2 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. The year 2005 saw Irish Carbombs become a staple final drink during Forge visits. One magical night, Kurt Brumme, sitting at an adjacent table (with mostly [[Swim Team]]-ers), stealthily bought the entire golf table a round of bombs. Just about a year later, on May 4, 2006, Kevin Kellert demonstrated his leadership and commitment to the Williams Golf Team tradition by completing his first [[Irish Carbomb]]. It is [[Zachary McArthur|this author]]'s hope that the Forge remains alive in the Williams Golf family as long as possible. ===Bob Seger===[[Image:bobseger.jpg|right|thumbnail|Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band]]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|Spring Break]] 2003. Seger was the preferred music of that entire break at Motel 6, and by the end of it, the entire team 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 Forge, and every time you heard him you thought of Spring Break and a smile came to your face. Bob Seger has remained as a presence at all golf team social functions. "We've Got Tonight" will be played at many a golf teamer's wedding in the distant future. At 7:30pm on January 27th, 2007, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band play a concert in Boston, MA. This is part of Bob's first tour since the early 1980s, and some believe the tour is in direct response to the Williams Men's Golf team writing letters and begging for a re-appearance on his fansite. Needless to say, many Eph golfers are attending and after four years of belting out Seger's Greatest Hits, they are as ready for this concert as anyone in the country. May God Bless Bob Seger for making dreams come true. ===Rap Classics=== A mix put together by Bryan Harmon '04 and Matthew Slovitt '06 in Mission, 2003. The CD spread like wildfire around campus and until "Rap Classics: The Next Episode" surfaced, was THE party mix for the golf team. Jeff Lin '08 has perfected many a smooth dance move to the beats of Rap Classics, which is composed of the following songs: "This is How We Do It" - Montell Jordan "No Diggity" - Blackstreet "Hits from the Bong" - Cypress Hill "Jump Around" - Funkmaster Flex "My Name Is" - Eminem "Big Poppa" - Notorious B.I.G. "The Whole World" - Outkast "I Wish" - Skee-Lo "Regulators" - Warren G "Hypnotize" - Notorious B.I.G. "Nuthin like a G Thang" - Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre "Woo Hah" - Busta Rhymes "Bone Thugs n Harmony" - The Crossroads "Gangsta's Paradise" - Coolio "Still D.R.E." - Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre "Mo' Money Mo' Problems" - Mase, Puff, Notorious "Gin and Juice" - Snoop Dogg   With not enough room to include every true Rap Classic on the original mix, BH and Slops made a second mix that proved as popular as the first. This CD was called "Rap Classics: The Next Episode" and includes: "Lose Yourself" - Eminem "It Wasn't Me" - Shaggy "Up in Here" - DMX "Forgot about Dre" - Dr. Dre and Eminem "Break Ya Neck" - Busta Rhymes "Juicy" - Notorious B.I.G.[[Image:Notorious.jpg|right|thumbnail|Blankenheimer's alter ego]] "I Just Wanna Love You" - Jay-Z "Magic Stick" - 50 Cent "In Da Club" - 50 Cent "Without Me" - Eminem "Hey Ya" - Outkast "Ride With Me" - Nelly "Big Pimpin'" - Jay-Z "Fantastic Voyage" - Coolio "Perfect Gentleman" - Wyclef Jean "Bitch Please II" - Eminem "The Next Episode" - Dr. Dre "Remix to Ignition" - R. Kelly  "Juicy" has arguably become the most popular Rap Classic, outshining the rest due to performances of it by Adam Blankenheimer '04 (a close friend of Ned, BH, and Mike D). A fairly short, white, Jewish kid, Adam regularly raps "Juicy" for the golf teamers with an intensity and passion that has made it the climax of the Rap Classics mix. ===Halftime Putting Contest===[[Image: Halftim.JPG|right|thumbnail|Mike D, Wilka-monster, Stilts, 13, Rossy, Old Saggy, Z-Mac, C-Ring, Slops, and BH after the 2004 Halftime Putting Contest]]At the halftime of the [[homecoming]] [[football]] game, the team gathers at (stumbles to) Taconic for a putting contest. Anyone not completely inebriated (Kevin, hrmph) should not participate. Recent winners have included Matt Slovitt in 2004, Brendan Conley in 2005, his decisive victory capping off a fantastic fall with the flatstick, and Kurt Brumme in 2006, making a 40-footer for the victory. Rahul Bahl may have won something that year, but it was not the official HPC. Talking wasted with Coach Pohle is not required, though it seems to happen every year and ends poorly every time. "Enjoy the second half." ===Broomball===The men's golf team has won most of the last two contested college [[winter study ]] IM [[broomball ]] championshipsin recent memory.  In '''2004''', Bryan Harmon '04 scored every regular season goal for the team, capping his incredible season one-man show with a key late-game breakaway backhand goal over Choir goalie Dan Krass's shoulder to send the team into the playoffs. Once in the playoffs, Zach McArthur '05 took over, scoring every post-season goal, including an early-game rifle from the blue line that won the championship 1-0 over the very cheer-happy [[Fayerweather|Fay ]] 2squad. Ned Wydysh '04 was a rock in goal, allowing but one regulation goal all year and stuffing Rugby time and again in an exciting semi-final playoff shootout. As for '''2005''', despite losing Wydysh and Harmon, the team had a regular season probably unmatched in broomball history. With the new varsity [[women's golf team]] providing support, the bench was long, every game was a blowout, and even Kevin Kellert '07 scored a goal. However, Director of Athletics [[Harry Sheehy]] canceled the playoffs due to concerns that the ice was getting dirty from sneakers. It was a sad end to a dominant January on the other main contriice. In '''2006''', two new team members stepped up as rising stars to successfully defend the broomball crown. Tim Evans '06 and Matt Felser '09 took advantage of playing the regular season half-ice as the team went undefeated. In the playoffs, the team coasted through until the championship, when they had to play shorthanded the whole game, and with Kevin on the ice to boot! Despite basically playing 2-men down the entire contest, the golf team triumphed once again for their second straight playoff crown. This could not have been done, of course, without the help and amazing skills of newcomer, Stacey "a stud on the ice" Baradit. Gray T-shirts with a purple & gold argyle design on the front and "Kevin's always watching" on the back commemorate the golf team's broomball success. In '''2007''' and '''2008''', the golf broomball team was led by Tyler Zara and Matt Felser, with help from young boyband frontrunner Kevin Coombs and netminder Keith Butts. With such an impressive first line, the Ephs went undefeated for two seasons and picked up new argyle t-shirts along the way.d ===Quotes by Coach Rick Pohle=== [[Image:Coach.jpg|left|thumbnail|Coachie Von]] "R&P" "or whatever" "so to speak" "...be sure to replace your divots grass, green side up..." "we've just got to concentrate on the carrot, or the candle at the end of the rainbow or whatever" "or whatever... or per se" "or whatever...or whatever" Coach's email announcing the lineup for Little Threes, 2004: "Democracy is a great thing, but remember that GOLF is the game of kings (or was that chess). Our goal will be to crush the insubordinate tribe from the south in the most effective manner. I choose 3 swift frontal attacks from the Koller/Slovitt, Harmon/Wydysh and Kildahl/Brumme camps followed by a Chinese water torture display from Kellert/Sirignano (slow & painful)..........OZ"  [[Image:four.jpg|center|thumbnail|a rough day of practice...]]