Luke's US Open blog

"From the moment on the 15th tee at the US Open when I heard something go 'pop' in my wrist, followed by a shooting pain, I knew instantly I had a serious problem. I just simply couldn't hold on to the club handle after the impact point. I knew then that that my tournament was over. I had no other choice but to withdraw.

The diagnosis was tendonitis and the only cure is complete rest. It is very frustrating, but it could have been a lot worse, especially if there had been any problems with bones or ligaments. Then I might have needed an operation and been out for months.

It is my full intention to ensure that my wrist is completely better before I lift a club again and although the doctors think that I could be playing again as early as a couple of weeks, I am just taking things day by day and resting completely.

I may consider playing in the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond if the wrist is better. I have played there quite a lot and, in the last three years, I haven't finished outside the top five. This year, I had decided that I wanted some practice on links courses before The Open but, obviously, the injury has forced me to change my plans. I'm not making any promises, but Loch Lomond might be where I appear next!

And, of course, I will definitely be at Royal Birkdale.

I still have most of the rest of the season to look forward to and I have belief in myself that I will be winning tournaments before long. The first two rounds at Torrey Pines showed that some of the things I've been working on are beginning to pay dividends.

In my first and second rounds, I made three birdies and three bogeys, but you have to expect that in a tournament like the US Open, which was set up to be a real test by the USGA. It's inevitable that on such a course you will make bogeys but the trick is to take advantage of your good shots and make some birdies as well.

The key to my playing well was the fact that I hit the fairways on most holes. Indeed, I think I hit 11 out of 14 on Thursday and perhaps eight or nine on Friday. Decent numbers. I was right where I wanted to be on even par, not far off the lead, and if you look at the fact that the winning score was one under par you can see that I really was in a good place before the third round.

On Saturday, things just didn't work out for me, I didn't play very well at all to finish at six over. I just didn't hit enough fairways and I'm afraid that was a case of 'same old story' for me. I have had days like Saturday quite a few times this year when I just seem to lose the ability to find my swing. I need to figure out some way of making more greens in regulation. I will be working on that aspect of my game as soon as I can.

Of course, mine wasn't the only injury to hit the headlines at Torrey Pines. It was clear that Tiger was in some pain but he made the decision to carry on playing. He got the victory he wanted but, as we all know, he is out for the season and that's a very tough break for him. I really do wish him well, as no professional wants to see another player injured, but I guess it will give the rest of us a little bit more of a chance in the rest of the season!

And with Tiger not being there, there will be one less great player to worry about at The Open.

Nevertheless, there are still many other great players out there and the form of runner-up Rocco Mediate at Torrey Pines shows that players often surpass their usual form at Majors. Rocco did very well to hang in there, particularly in the play-off, so hats off to him. I was pulling for Lee Westwood and I would love to have seen him get into the play-off. He played very solid golf throughout the week and should be proud of his achievement."