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By his own admission, H. Ray Hoops has “never done much of anything but work.” “There are lots of things I enjoy. But I don’t play golf, much to the disappointment of friends who see things in my swing that are not there,” Hoops said, contemplating his June 30 retirement from the presidency of the University of Southern Indiana.

Elise Swanton of Greenwich loved golf, but not the way her hips ached after a day on the course. Those pains were keeping the Pilates instructor from getting into the swing.

A few hundred children showed up at the Newport Beach Country Club to practice their golf swing with pros such as Andy Bean and Fuzzy Zoeller as part of the Wells Fargo Junior Golf Clinic on Saturday.

Maybe I owe my friend Brian Robin an apology. For probably a year when we worked the Sunday shift at one of the Inland Valley papers for the Times, we used to have the “Is golf really a sport?” argument. We both share a deep love of sports, but when it came to golf the discussion usually devolved into smack-talking.

Estancia High School sophomore Ashley Peters is only about 5 feet tall, but she has a great big golf swing.

Besides great golf, the Shell Houston Open is also known for something else. The event raises a lot of money for local charities, charities that change young lives.

Southampton native Philippe de Kerillis is on the cusp of an experience any amateur golfer would surely envy. The 39-year-old emergency room doctor, who now resides in Erdenheim, Pennsylvania, is one of four finalists in the Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge.