(CNN) -- Despite their public handshake on Monday it appears there is still some way to go before Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia bury the hatchet. 

A long-running spat between the two golfers resurfaced after they shared a contentious round together at The Players' Championship in May. 

After several verbal volleys in either direction, Garcia's joke that he would invite Woods round for "fried chicken" during the U.S Open led to an immediate and unreserved apology from the Spaniard, who denied it was racially motivated. 

A statement from the world No. 1 on social networking site Twitter called the remarks "wrong, hurtful and clearly inappropriate." 

Woods also said that he was sure there was "real regret" on the part of Garcia and that it was time to move on. 

Inevitably, the issue resurfaced as both players prepared to come face-to-face ahead of the second major of the year at Merion in Philadelphia. 

The pair greeted each other on the practice range but the world No. 1 told a press conference on Tuesday there had been no time for a formal apology. 

Asked if they had discussed Garcia's comments Woods replied: "No, we didn't discuss anything. Just came up and said 'hi' and that was it." 

Woods was pressed by reporters as to whether the Spaniard had offered him any form of apology but he said: "No, we haven't had time for that. 

"It's already done. We've already gone through it all. It's time for the U.S. Open and we tee it up in two days." 
Did he apologize?
during the U.S Open led to an immediate and unreserved apology from the Spaniard, who denied it was racially motivated. 