When Tiger Woods drained a 31-foot putt for eagle at the par-5 fourth hole at Bethpage Black on Thursday, the place erupted like it was 2002 again.

The long roll from the right side of the green, Woods’ first eagle in a PGA Championship since 2001, came after birdies on two of his three previous holes. All of Long Island had the feeling Woods was primed for one of those famous charges that helped him win 15 major championships.

“I felt like I was getting back in the round,” Woods said afterward.

But this isn’t 2002, and as brilliant as Woods played in that final round of the Masters last month, there are certain realities that come with the Tiger Woods of 2019. It will be hard for a 43-year-old player with four back surgeries and little practice time to be consistent enough to compete in every major. That was evident during Thursday’s opening round of the 101st PGA Championship.

Once the eagle landed, Woods’ went into a tailspin. He would bogey three of the next four holes, including three-putts at the par-4 fifth and the par-4 seventh.

Woods had zero double bogeys in winning at Augusta National last month, but he ended Thursday’s opening round of the year’s second major with two double bogeys and two three-putts for a 2-over round of 72. It left him a distant nine strokes behind his playing partner and defending PGA champion Brooks Koepka, who set a course record with a 7-under 63.

“I left a few shots out there,” Woods said. “Making two double bogeys and two three-putts, it wasn’t very clean, so consequently I’m a long way back.”

The bogeys ended a day that began with a dark sign of things to come. Starting at the par-4 10th hole, Woods landed his opening drive in the primary rough. After a lay-up out of the thick grass, his third shot sailed 63 feet beyond the hole. It took a chip and two putts to post a double bogey. He suffered another double at the par-3 17th, where his tee shot plugged into a green-side bunker.

“I didn’t get off to a very good start,” Woods admitted.

This was Woods’ first competitive round since his memorable win at Augusta, where he won his first major in 11 years. He also played just nine holes during the practice rounds this week, skipping a scheduled nine-hole session on Wednesday because, he said, “I got a little bit sick.”

As a result, Woods was nowhere near as sharp as he needed to be, especially with Koepka dominating the course. Woods landed in 10-of-14 fairways, and hit 12-of-18 greens in regulation. He needed 31 putts to complete his round, compared to 25 for Koepka.

“It was playing tough,” Woods said of a rain-softened Bethpage Black. “I felt like it’s not that hard to make bogeys out here, but it’s hard to make birdies. I thought it was going to be hard to get the ball close to holes and when I had a few opportunities with short irons I was able to get it in there for makeable putts. Otherwise it was 30-to-40 feet away and move on.”

Woods has been open about how he has limited his practice sessions because of his surgically repaired body. He had hoped to play at Quail Hollow two weeks ago, but admitted he wasn’t ready “to start the grind of practicing and preparing and logging all those hours [of practice] again.” Yet, he said he was “rested and ready” for Bethpage Black, where he won the U.S. Open in 2002. He might have been rested and ready, but he wasn’t in good enough form to keep pace with Koepka, who had a bogey-free round.

“He left a few out there with a couple putts that he missed,” Woods said of Koepka. “It could have easily been a couple [strokes] better.”

Woods will have to play more than couple of strokes better in the second round than he did Thursday to get back into contention. But it may already be too late.