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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. [[Image:Golfdigest.jpg|rightleft|thumbnail|Williams in Golf Digest]]