Goosen to apologise to Tiger in person

for remarks abouot his knee injury

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
South African 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.
"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."
He added: "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."
LUKE DONALD OUT OF FRENCH OPEN
Luke Donald is out of this week's French Open as he bids to recover from the wrist injury which forced him to withdraw from the US Open.
Donald was in joint 23rd after 14 holes of the final round at Torrey Pines when he had his left wrist strapped by medics before deciding not to continue.
The world number 18, with ground to make up in the Ryder Cup race if he is not going to rely on a wild card pick from captain Nick Faldo, took last week off rather than play in the BMW International in Munich last week and is now giving the injured wrist another week to get better.

WESTWOOD HOPES LOW - AND THAT'S THE WAY HE WANTS IT
Lee Westwood is determined not to pile pressure on himself as he begins his countdown to The Open at Royal Birkdale.
Beaten by a single shot in the US Open two weeks ago, a lot will now be expected of the former European number one at Royal Birkdale - especially with Tiger Woods out of the way.
But on the eve of the French Open at Le Golf National near Paris, Westwood said: "I went to the US Open without any expectations and I think that's the way I need to approach them."
He added: "I had hardly hit any balls going into it and I wasn't feeling great. I came very close and didn't feel that I lost it - I think Tiger and Rocco (Mediate) played very well to finish one ahead of me."
One behind the world number one entering the final day, Westwood turned that into a one-stroke lead with nine holes left. But the pair both came to the last needing a birdie to tie and Woods was the one to get it.
The 35-year-old from Worksop was able to reflect, though, on his best-ever finish in a major, a week where his re-emergence as a player of world class was there for all to see - and being paired with Woods did not seem to affect him as much as it has others.
"I think that's because I have been in that situation before," he added. "I have played with Tiger so many times in Ryder Cups and majors and World Golf Championships, so I know what to expect.
"It's not so much playing with Tiger, it's everything that goes on around. The amount of people outside the ropes and everyone moving around it, it can be tough, but you do get used to it."