Woods ban claim retracted

Former US PGA Tour player Dan Olsen on Monday retracted a claim that Tiger Woods has been suspended for a month after Woods' agent and tour officials strongly denied the statement.

"I retract the entire interview. My comments were ill-advised. I want to apologize to Nike, the PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and (tour commissioner) Tim Finchem," Olsen said in a statement released by WFVN radio station, based in Lansing, Michigan.

Olsen, whose only full PGA season was in 2004, had earlier told WVFN that "I heard (Woods) is on a month's suspension," calling his source a "strong witness" and "credible".