Could Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson be buddies?

It's no secret that Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson haven't exactly been best buds. You can psychoanalyze that any way you like, but on its surface, the coldblooded, relentless Tiger couldn't be more different from the smiling, surfer-dude Phil. Still, the two are inextricably linked; we've written more than 180 posts mentioning both Tiger and Phil just since August 2008. (Hey, we know what sells 'round here.)But as Steve Elling notes over at CBS Sports, tensions may be thawing between golf's two titans. They're actually joking with one another, as in this exchange regarding golf in the Olympics:Q: With golf becoming an official Olympic sport, will you compete to win a medal in 2016?Woods: Well, I have to qualify first in 2016. Christ, I'll be 40 years old in 2016.Q: Still young.Woods: Younger than Phil. And that was said with humor, lest anyone think differently. Elling notes that there's precedent here -- Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer were bitt...