Tiger Woods has headed straight for the physiotherapist, after posting his worst first-round score at the British Open Championship.
The Masters champion, who is restricted by the four operations he has had on his back, knew as soon as he began warming up on the range on Thursday that he was in for a testing day.
And the seven-over 78 he carded - which included just one birdie that did not arrive until the 15th hole - proved his point.
It was the 15-time Major winner's worst 18 holes at an Open since an 81 in round three at Muirfield in 2002, but he admitted there was little he could do about it and hoped treatment would get him in a better state for Friday.
"That's about all I can do," said Woods, who tees off again at 10.09am (local time) on Friday. "Hopefully the body responds.
"That's just the nature of the procedure that I had. I'm going to have days like this and I've got to fight through it.
"And I fought through it. Unfortunately, I did not post a very good score.
"I'm sore. You've got to be spot on. These guys are too good. There are too many guys that are playing well and I'm just not one of them."
Woods' start was mixed to say the least, as he found the left rough off the first tee, hit his approach into a bunker, but managed to get up and down for par.
He admits that was about as good as it got and even his solitary birdie was celebrated with a sarcastic licking of his right index finger to chalk up a number one in the air.
Woods wasn't the only big name to struggle on the opening round, with local favourite Rory McIlroy languishing one stroke further back, after a quadruple bogey on the first hole.
At the venue where he announced himself as a star of the future with a course record of 61 aged 16, McIlroy also finished with a seven on the final hole in a demoralising opening 79.
At eight over par, McIlroy was 13 shots off the pace set by American JB Holmes, whose 66 gave him a one-shot lead over Ireland's Shane Lowry, with Koepka part of a 13-strong group that included Scotland's Robert MacIntyre, and the English trio of Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood and Lee Westwood.
Former champion David Duval lies last in the 156-man field, carding a 20-over 91 that included 14 on the par-five seventh hole.
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