European Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance is expecting Thomas Bjorn to be fully fit for his team at The Belfry later this month after speaking to the Dane this morning.
Bjorn withdrew from the European Masters with a shoulder injury and is flying home for a scan, but Torrance played down the Ryder Cup scare after completing his third round.
"I think he'll be fine," said the Scot. "He says he's dislocated his shoulder but he has been down trying to hit balls this morning, which to me, if you think you can attempt to hit balls, then hopefully it is not as serious as it could be.
"He said he could probably play with about 10 painkillers but that is not on.
"So he's pulled out of next week's tournament (WGC-American Express Championship in St Louis). He'll try and get into the Lancome Trophy. But I would just like to see him play," Torrance said.
The Lancome Trophy takes place in France the week before the Ryder Cup, which starts on September 28th.
"I don't think he needs to play the week before the Ryder Cup. It's just over two weeks away, it's not like he's taking two months off," added the Scot.
"In my heart I think he'll be fine, that's the initial feeling. I hope so. He's one of my top men."
Torrance has had plenty of experience of Ryder Cup worries through injury. He damaged his sternum a few weeks before the 1993 encounter and then in the match at The Belfry had to withdraw before the singles with an infected ingrown toenail.
While is confident Bjorn will be fit, the captain will prepare the player who finished 11th in the Ryder Cup table, Ian Poulter, to go on standby to replace Bjorn.
However, Poulter - Europe's first reserve - himself withdrew from the European Masters after only one round with muscular problems around his collarbone and with a wrist twinge.
Torrance may now also have to put the 12th man on standby - Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Bjorn's travelling physiotherapist Peter Richardson said Bjorn's injury was "unlikely to be a dislocated shoulder".