India, April 9 -- Collin Morikawa has been hitting balls for about a week after dealing with a back injury, and while the two-time major winner admitted he's "not exactly where I want to be," he plans to be standing on the first tee box for his sixth Masters on Thursday.

"It's unfortunate," Morikawa said, "but that's just the body, and I can't push it. It's been a little bit of a mental battle, I think, just trying to trust with where it's at.

The back actually feels fine. It's just other parts of the body not cooperating a little bit how I want."

The world's No. 7 player withdrew after one hole at The Players Championship because of back spasms, and he didn't play at the Texas Open last week, choosing instead to get treatment in the h...