Rory appeared in the sports section of the Los Angeles Times on April 14, 2006:

BOYS’ GOLF

RORY HIE

Sr., Cerritos

Then: Showed himself to be among the best golfers at his school early on, posting a runner-up finish at the Southern Section’s Southern Regional qualifying tournament as a freshman. He ran away with the Suburban League individual title as a sophomore with a nine-under-par 203 over 54 holes, followed by a three-over 75 in the Southern Regional qualifier for the Southern Section championships, where he had a one-under 71 to finish three strokes behind winner Lucas Lee of Torrance. After a runner-up finish in the league championship last season, Hie won the Southern Regional qualifying tournament with a five-under 67 at SeaCliff Country Club in Huntington Beach. He had a postseason stroke average of 69.4 for 18 holes as a junior and earned American Junior Golf Assn. first-team All-American honors in 2004 and 2005.

Now: Hie is making the most of his final year of high school competition before heading to USC on a golf scholarship, improving his nine-hole stroke average from 36.5 last year to 35.1 this season. Ten days ago, he won the individual championship of the Knabe Cup, one of the top high school tournaments in the Southland, for the second time in three seasons by firing a one-under par 71 over 18 holes in overcast, windy conditions at Lakewood Country Club. His efforts helped the Dons (12-1 overall, 8-0 in dual matches) place sixth among 36 teams with a four-player combined score of 315. Earlier this week, Hie placed third in the 2006 Los Angeles City Junior Golf Championships at Wilson and Harding golf courses at Griffith Park.

Quote: “He’s somebody that the other players look to,” Coach Tim Paulson said. “They can see what it means to be a great golfer because they’re playing with one.”

Taken from LA Times.