Has the Latest Feud Between Tiger Woods and His Caddie Signaled the End?

Is Tiger Woods ready to part ways with long-time caddie Steve Williams?

According to Tiger, the answer is a definite no.

Rumors have been swirling since the U.S. Open ended a week and half ago that Woods and Williams were at odds over a comment Tiger made after his final round Sunday at Pebble Beach.

Tiger was reported to have said, "We made three mental mistakes. The only thing it cost us was a chance to win the U.S. Open."

“There’s no tension there, not at all,” Woods said at his Tuesday press conference. “You guys are reading way too much into it. I was asked what happened out there, and I made three mental mistakes—three mistakes I don’t normally make. Do Stevie and I make mistakes on the golf course? Of course we do. We’re not perfect. We made mistakes at the wrong time. It happens.

“Hopefully, that won’t happen this week and we can win an event.”

Tiger is at the  AT& T National, this year being played at Aronimink Golf Club in Philadelphia. Congressional, the normal host, is taking a couple years off from the hosting the tournament while preparing for the U.S. Open next June.

Woods is the defending champion of the event.

Although AT&T ended its corporate deal with Tiger, they are still supporting the Tiger Woods Foundation, and the net proceeds from this tournament still go toward the foundation.

“If you’re going to have one over the other, you choose it this way,” Woods said, referring to AT&T's support of his foundation, but not him.

Tiger finished in a tie for fourth at the U.S. Open, and may be poised to win his first event of the year. Although the field is strong, several of the world's top players are not playing this weekend.

Among those missing from the event include Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood, and Ernie Els.

From the clips I saw, Woods and Williams seemed fine as Tiger played his practice round on Tuesday. If there was some tension between them, it certainly seems to have disappeared.