Turkish Golf Federation president Ahmet Agaoglu yesterday apologised for an incident with a journalist which threatened to overshadow the Turkish Airlines World Golf final and the creation of a new 7million US dollars tournament on the European Tour.

It was an unsavoury incident before Tiger Woods’ opening match with Charl Schwartzel on Tuesday which brought the apology from Agaoglu, who had been accused of headbutting a journalist amid chaotic scenes on the first tee.