As a member of the Bradley Men's golf team from 1981-1985 we had great success under coach Jim Spink. Coach Spink assumed the Golf Coach positon in the fall of 1981 when the current coach Billy Stone suffered a massive heart attack and was forced to retire. Although coach Spink was the swimming and diving coach he was a great motivator and hated to lose. The Hall of Fame Team included,
Dave Wettlaufer
Bill Ott
Steve Douse
Jon Diggetts
Sam Beck
Greg Jones
Dave Witek
The year of that the team finished second in the MVC tournament, the team had won some tournaments and came in second on several occasions against tough competition including many teams from the Big 10.
Peorian Bill Ott was leading after three rounds at the 1984 MVC tournament in Wichita, only to be surpassed by Dave Wettlaufer the final round. Wettlaufer would go on to repeat as the MVC Medalist in his senior year and was also inducted into the Bradley Hall of Fame and the MVC All Century Golf team.