Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee apologized to Tiger Woods via Twitter on Tuesday for a Golf.com column he wrote last week insinuating that Woods was a cheater for his various rules transgressions this year.

Golf is a gentleman's game and I'm not proud of this debate. I want to apologize to Tiger for this incited discourse. — brandel chamblee (@chambleebrandel) October 23, 2013

Chamblee, a former PGA Tour player and frequent critic of Woods' swing under coach Sean Foley, had written an analysis piece for Golf.com in which he assessed several top players' years by giving them letter grades.

He gave Woods, who won five times this year on the PGA Tour, an F.