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Spain's Sergio Garcia at a Press Conference during the PRO/AM tournament  at the Wentworth Club, Surrey, England,   Wednesday May 22, 2013. Tiger Woods says the "fried chicken" comment from Sergio Garcia was hurtful and inappropriate. Two weeks after they verbally sparred at The Players Championship, Woods say it's time to move on. Garcia was at a European Tour awards dinner Tuesday night when he was jokingly asked if he would have Woods over for dinner during the U.S. Open. The Spaniard replied, "We'll have him round every night. We will serve fried chicken." (AP Photo/Adam Davy/PA )  UNITED KINGDOM OUT  PHOTOGRAPH

Woods: Garcia comment hurtful, time to move on

Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods for saying he would serve fried chicken if they were to have dinner at the U.S. Open, an ugly addition to nearly two weeks of verbal sparring. What had been a celebration of European golf at an awards dinner south of London shifted suddenly ...

FILE - At left, in a May 5, 2013 file photo, Sergio Garcia grimaces during The Players Championshop golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. At right, in a March 25, 2013 file photo, Tiger Woods walks to the 16th green during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla. Woods and Garcia don't like each other, and are making no attempt to disguise their feelings.  (AP Photo/File)

Garcia apologizes for "fried chicken" remark

Sergio Garcia apologized for saying he would "serve fried chicken" while making a joke about having Tiger Woods over for dinner. The British newspaper The Guardian reported Garcia was asked in jest while on stage at the European Tour's awards dinner Tuesday night if he would invite Woods to dinner ...

FILE - At left, in a May 5, 2013 file photo, Sergio Garcia grimaces during The Players Championshop golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. At right, in a March 25, 2013 file photo, Tiger Woods walks to the 16th green during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla. Woods and Garcia don't like each other, and are making no attempt to disguise their feelings.  (AP Photo/File)

Garcia, Woods take their shots at each other

Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia don't like each other, and they're making no effort to disguise their feelings. The verbal feuding began May 11 during the third round of The Players Championship. It resumed this week on both sides of the Atlantic when Woods offered a one-word answer if he ...

FILE - In this May 9, 2013 file photo, Adam Scott of Australia putts on the 15th green during the first round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Golf's governing bodies have adopted a new rule that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions. The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and U.S. Golf Association announced Tuesday, May 21, 2013 that Rule 14-1b would start in 2016. The new rule will make it illegal to anchor the club against the body when making a golf stroke. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Golf adopts rule to ban anchored putting stroke

Golf's two governing bodies outlawed the anchored putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, approving a new rule that starts in 2016 and urging the PGA Tour to follow along so the 600-year-old sport is still played under one set of rules. The Royal & Ancient ...

FILE - In this June 19, 2011, file photo, 2011 U.S. Open golf tournament champion Rory McIlroy holds his trophy with former winner Ken Venturi in Bethesda, Md. Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon, May 17, 2013. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, said he died in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Larry French, File)

Venturi had precious friendship with Byron Nelson

Ken Venturi was a 14-year-old with a camera trying to get a picture of Byron Nelson when he first met the golfer who would become a mentor and dear friend. "He was, like, getting under the ropes a little bit, " Nelson's widow, Peggy, recalled Saturday of that moment during ...

Keegan Bradley watches his birdie putt on the second green during the first round of the Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Irving, Texas. Bradley finished the day with course record 10-under par 60. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Keegan Bradley opens with 60 at Nelson

Keegan Bradley broke the TPC Four Seasons course record with a 10-under 60 in the opening round of the Byron Nelson Championship. Bradley had consecutive bogeys midway through his round Thursday. After his second bogey, at No. 1 to start his second nine, he was 7 under his last eight ...

Marshals dispute account of Woods-Garcia issue

Two marshals say Tiger Woods never said anything to them about whether Sergio Garcia had played his shot. Two other marshals disputed that account, one of them saying he told Woods that Garcia had already hit on the second hole at the TPC Sawgrass. In the days since Woods won ...

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Tiger Woods gestures as he misses a birdie putt on the eighth hole during the final round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.  (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Woods keeps it dry and wins Players Championship

A weekend filled with sharp words between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia came down to one last showdown Sunday in The Players Championship, this one staged across the water in a tiny, terrifying section of the TPC Sawgrass. Tied for the lead with two holes to play, Woods kept his ...

Henrik Stenson, of Sweden, walks to the 17th green during the third round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Play was suspended Saturday due to darkness. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Woods tied with Garcia, Lingmerth at Players

Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia are part of a three-way tie for the lead at The Players Championship, both going after golf's richest prize without the pleasure of being in the same group for the final round at the TPC Sawgrass. "It's probably good for both of us," Garcia said, ...

Tiger Woods gestures as his putt misses the cup in the ninth green during the third round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Saturday, May 11, 2013 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Stormy round at Players for Tiger and Sergio

Tiger Woods was surrounded by four rows of fans who stood shoulder-to-shoulder, curious to see how he was going to escape from the trees on the second hole at The Players Championship. Cheers erupted when he pulled out a 5-wood, a risky shot off the pine straw through a 15-foot ...

Tiger Woods takes a drop on the fourth hole during the third round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Saturday, May 11, 2013 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Sergio implicates Tiger for bad shot at Players

Sergio Garcia lost his lead in two holes at The Players Championship, and he said it didn't help playing with Tiger Woods. The third round Saturday was delayed nearly two hours when thunderstorms moved toward the north Florida coast. During the delay, Garcia provided a little more fuel to his ...

Sergio-Tiger duel takes center stage at Players

The Players Championship is shaping up to be more than just a duel between Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods. There are 18 players within five shots of the lead, including current major champions Adam Scott, Webb Simpson and Rory McIlroy. The list also includes Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson, Steve Stricker, ...

Tiger Woods raises his club after making an eagle putt on the second hole during the second round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Friday, May 10, 2013 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Garcia goes 1 up on Tiger at Players Championship

The Players Championship already provides plenty of theater because of its thrill-a-minute golf course. Making it even more compelling is the star attraction of Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods, playing in the final group on the weekend for the first time in nearly seven years. Garcia made seven straight putts ...

Tiger Woods hits from sand trap on the first fairway during the first round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Castro makes it look easy in Players debut

Tiger Woods made birdie on every par 5 for the first time since 2006 and broke 70 in the opening round for the first time ever in The Players Championship. Rory McIlroy didn't hit driver on the front nine and broke par for the first time on the TPC Sawgrass. ...

Tiger Woods hits from the sixth tee during the first round of The Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Great debut for Castro, Woods solid at Players

Tiger Woods was nine shots out of the lead, not the best position at The Players Championship, especially since he had not even started his round. Perhaps the bigger surprise was the guy who posted the record-tying round Thursday. Roberto Castro had only played the TPC Sawgrass in a practice ...

Roberto Castro watches his shot from the first fairway during the first round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Roberto Castro opens with a 63 in Players debut

Roberto Castro made a debut he won't soon forget in The Players Championship, opening with a 9-under 63 Thursday to tie the course record at the TPC Sawgrass and build a three-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and other early starters. Facing the infamous island-green on No. 17 for the first ...

Rory McIlroy balances a ball on his club on the 15th green during a practice round at The Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

McIlroy tries to change his fortunes at Sawgrass

Rory McIlroy won two major championships at age 23. He was the youngest player since Tiger Woods to reach No. 1 in the world. He was won the money titles on the PGA Tour and European Tour in the same season. Now if he can just break par on the ...

Tiger Woods walks to the 17th green during a practice round at The Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Adam Scott tries to return to earth at Players

Adam Scott never had to take this much time walking from the clubhouse to the practice range at TPC Sawgrass. He couldn't take more than a few steps without a player or a caddie stopping to congratulate him for his feel-good win at Augusta National. There were so many fans ...

Tiger Woods talks to reporters after a practice round at The Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Woods goes from red carpet to TPC Sawgrass

One night after making his red carpet debut in New York, Tiger Woods was on a golf course that hasn't treated him very well over the years. Woods said it took him a week to get over his tie for fourth at the Masters. Next up is The Players Championship, ...

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