Rabat: Former Ryder Cup player Paul McGinley returns to action at the Hassan II Trophy, four months after undergoing a sixth knee operation.
"I've been doing my utmost to get my game and fitness back, but I'm not going with any great expectations this first week," the 43-year-old Irishman told Europeantour website.
"There was a lot more damage than I thought and the knee's still not great - that's the bottom line.”
"But I'm so keen to get back playing and with really good physio and gym work the prognosis is quite good.”
"My left kneecap has disintegrated quite a bit over the years and the cartilage is just about gone. There was a lot of debris they had to clear out."
McGinley first suffered knee trouble as a teenager when he was injured playing Gaelic football.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 13:30