Brooks Koepka opened with a 2-over 74 Thursday at the CJ Cup in his first competitive round in two months.
Playing on Tour for the first time since he withdrew from the FedExCup playoffs because of lingering injuries to his knee and hip, Koepka played his last four holes in 3 over par to finish his round nine shots off the early lead at Shadow Creek.
“I thought I played a hell of a lot better than the score,” he said.
Koepka blamed injuries for his disappointing 2020 campaign, in which he’s recorded only two top-10s in 13 starts, backtracked on the final day of the PGA Championship and fallen from first to 11th in the world ranking.