There's fresh controversy this morning, surrounding the brutal bashing of Australian golfer Robert Allenby in Hawaii.

A homeless woman has given a conflicting report of the attack on the sportsman.

While Allenby recalled being dumped from a car 10 kilometres away from site of the assault, the woman says she found him a block away from where the incident unfolded.

The witness also claimed Allenby wanted to pay his attackers to get his wallet back.

It's also emerged Honolulu police have CCTV footage of a suspect wanted over the bashing.

Honolulu police say they have the footage of the man buying two bottles of alcohol in Waikiki and are considering it the strongest lead so far.

'Whoever did it is definitely still around, still in town,' Allenby said.

Allenby says he was knocked out, robbed and thrown into the boot of a car after being separated from a friend at a Honolulu wine bar on Friday night.

He paid a special tribute to a homeless woman who he says helped him as he was being harassed by other homeless people after being dumped out of the car 10 kilometres from the wine bar.

'I was very fortunate, a homeless lady pretty much saved my life,' Allenby said.

But a person claiming to be the homeless woman says she found the 43-year-old only one block from the wine bar, bloodied, confused and arguing with two men.

She told the Nine Network that Allenby asked her to use his one remaining credit card to withdraw $US500 to pay the men to get his wallet back.

When the men became aggressive, she said a former soldier arrived at the scene and intervened, helping Allenby back to his hotel.

She has also spoken to police.

Earlier, Allenby said while he has no memory of the attack, he believed it was targeted.

'Medically, I thankfully didn't suffer anything major beyond some bumps and bruises that will take a bit of time to heal,' Allenby said in a statement on Sunday.

The Victorian golfer suffered large abrasions to his face in the attack but scans have cleared him of any serious facial or head injuries and he is hopeful of being cleared to fly in the next day or two.

He went to the wine bar after missing the cut in the Sony Open in Honolulu and says he was at the same bar the night before.

Allenby is expected to play in the Humana Challenge in California this week, but says he doesn't know when he'll next hit the golf course.

'The chances of me playing are very slim, but I'm just taking it one day at a time.'

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