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SAN FRANCISCO — Jerry Seinfeld once joked that modern athletes switch jerseys so often that rooting for a team is really just rooting for laundry. I couldn’t help but be reminded of that joke as I watched the Presidents Cup at Harding Park this week.
Tiger Woods of the U.S. and Robert Allenby of the International team are members of Isleworth in Orlando, and teammates in the Tavistock Cup. Phil Mickelson of the U.S. and Geoff Ogilvy of the International team are both members of Whisper Rock in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The guys who are supposed to be adversaries are actually friends. But that’s O.K. The same is more or less true for the Ryder Cup.
Henrik Stenson and Chris DiMarco wear the same uniforms when they play for Lake Nona at the Tavistock. Stenson and Woods are good friends. Woods married Jesper Parnevik’s nanny. Paul Casey and Phil Mickelson are Arizona State alumni and Whisper Rock pals. And on it goes.
