Apparently He Isn’t No. 1 in Manners

Vijay Singh and caddie Dave Renwick have parted ways, at least for a while. Renwick told the Scotsman newspaper that he needed a break.

“I just wasn’t happy with the ways things were going or the way I was getting treated,” Renwick said. “I never got a ‘Good morning’ from Vijay, or ‘Good club’ after a shot, or ‘Have a nice night’ at the end of the day. It was either nothing or a negative if he did speak to me.”

Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times predicts the No. 1 catcall in Singh’s galleries this year will be: “Who’s your caddie?”

Trivia time: The Davis Cup matches involving the U.S. and Croatia will be held March 4-6 at the Home Depot Center. What American has the most Davis Cup singles victories?

A different time: Matt Leinart’s decision to forgo the big bucks and return to USC reminds Glendale reader Doug Hays of a quote from former Trojan end Leon Clarke during his rookie season with the Rams in 1956. Clarke, according to Hays, was asked by a TV interviewer: “What is the big difference between playing for the Rams and playing for USC?”

Said Clarke: “I had to take a cut in pay.”

Hazardous duty: “Leinart chose to stay close to the L.A. freeways,” said reader Bill Littlejohn of South Lake Tahoe, “rather than to quarterback in the middle of one -- behind the San Francisco 49ers’ offensive line.”

Simple solution: USC alum David Dicker, an Encino attorney, e-mailed a complicated explanation about why there are “Southern Cal” sweatshirts even though that name is frowned on by Trojans. It has something to do with “intellectual property rights” to the use of “Southern Cal” and the risk of losing those rights.

Concludes Dicker: “But at the end of the day, if anyone is confused, they can just refer to us as No. 1.”

Double whammy: It’s one thing to get hit with an excessive-celebration penalty after scoring a touchdown. But DeSean Jackson of Long Beach Poly got hit with one when, in the first quarter of Saturday’s U.S. Army All-American Bowl at San Antonio, his somersault toward the end zone came up a yard short.

He’s excused: “National Sportsmanship Day is March 1,” reports Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle. “Randy Moss has already called in sick.”

Looking back: On this day in 1994, the Clippers and Miami Heat combined for an NBA-record 23 three-point baskets. The Clippers made a team-record 11 and defeated the Heat, 126-124.

Trivia answer: John McEnroe, with 41. Andre Agassi is second with 30 and Arthur Ashe third with 27.

And finally: Jay Leno, on the NBA’s recent rash of unsavory headlines: “The sport of basketball is now 113 years old, and did you know that James Naismith came up with the game as a way to keep young men away from women and out of trouble? Well, that sure worked well.”

Larry Stewart can be reached at larry.stewart@latimes.com.