Retief Goosen says he plans to contact Tiger Woods to explain his "tongue-in-cheek" comments last week that the world number one may have been over-stating the seriousness of his knee injury on his way to another US Open win.
"Talk about putting my foot in my mouth!" says Goosen on his website. "I wholeheartedly apologise for that and intend to contact Tiger to explain this to him.
"To be honest, the fact that Tiger won the US Open while suffering that sort of injury is incredible. Clearly this Goose was no match for a one-legged Tiger!
"I wish Tiger a speedy recovery and look forward to welcoming him back on Tour as soon as possible.
"I am a huge admirer of Tiger and for what he has achieved in golf and we are all lucky to have the privilege to be playing in the same era as one of, if not the, best player of all time."
It was revealed after Woods won the play-off round against Rocco Mediate that he had suffered a double stress fracture in his leg, while he has since undergone knee surgery that has ruled him out for the rest of the season.
The surgery has been declared a success but Woods will still miss, among others, next month's Open and the Ryder Cup scheduled for September at Valhalla, Kentucky.
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