Amy just clicked with Glick

When she was a teen growing up in Santa Monica, long before she was inducted into golf’s Hall of Fame, Amy Alcott learned the game by practicing indoors at famed golf teacher Walter Keller’s golf equipment shop at 2138 Westwood Boulevard.

Rainy days, she said, were the busiest, because Angelenos were wild about golf. And Alcott said one of the reasons why was because many of them had read the stories by Shav Glick in The Times.

Glick, who died last month at 87, was among the first to start writing about this skinny local kid named Alcott and her golf exploits.

“He said ‘I’ve never seen a golfer who had it more than you,’ ” Alcott said. “He really believed in me a lot.”

Glick will be remembered by friends at a private memorial celebration Nov. 16 in Pasadena.

Shav & Amy II

Alcott said Glick followed her junior amateur career with interest and kept on writing about her early career on the LPGA Tour, partly because of his affection for Keller, a landmark figure in the city’s golf history, who helped convince the L.A. Unified School District to begin high school golf programs.

Alcott, 51, remembers her early introductions at the first tee.

“They said ‘Here’s Amy Alcott, from Walter Keller’s driving net and electronic putting machine.’ ”

Alcott said Glick found her golf roots fascinating.

“He thought it was remarkable I could make it playing indoors and practicing my swing in front of a mirror.”

She said Glick was different in his golf temperament from the late Times columnist Jim Murray.

“They were both frustrated golfers, but while Jim seemed to get his issues worked out, Shav was the quiet type.”

He’s missed just as much.

Trivia time

Which football team has won more road games this year, UCLA or Stanford?

Packer backers

Somebody’s getting excited about their football.

End-zone seats at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field for Sunday’s Vikings-Packers game are running as high as $325 and seats along the sideline at about $460.

Some are listed on StubHub.com for $795.

Looking for something cheaper? You’re on your own. Packers season tickets have been sold out since 1960.

Puckering up

Helio Castroneves, a two-time Indy 500 winner, and “Dancing With the Stars” partner Julianne Hough kissed the bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Good thing Castroneves never was a cow-milking champion.

Let’s hear it

Pumping fake noise into a domed stadium to rattle the visiting team?

Would anyone really do that?

New England Patriots President Jonathan Kraft accused the Indianapolis Colts of doing exactly that Sunday, but the NFL has determined it didn’t happen, according to a league spokesman.

Just wondering, but what would Kraft have gotten worked up about if the Patriots had actually lost?

The field was longer at one end? The goal posts too close together? Tim Donaghy was the guest referee?

Follow this

Dan Patrick was the author of ESPN Magazine’s “Outtakes” column.

Then Patrick left for Sports Illustrated.

So Kenny Mayne took over for Patrick writing “Outtakes” and his first column in the November issue is on . . . Patrick.

Next “Outtakes” column: Mayne writes about what Patrick thinks about the last story.

This could go on forever.

Trivia answer

Two each. UCLA won at Stanford and Oregon State; Stanford won at USC and Arizona.

And finally

Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe said he doesn’t think things are going so great in New York because of Knicks owner James Dolan and Coach Isiah Thomas.

Said Ryan: “With Dolan and Thomas as the faces of the organization, the Knicks are an ongoing embarrassment to the NBA, the city of New York and the world of sports in general.”

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