He struggled with elbow problems, especially at the end of season.
It was his first appearance in two years after chronic elbow problems.
The most common golf injury is low back pain, followed by elbow problems.
The injuries continued in 1982 with both shoulder and elbow problems.
But he missed nearly half of last season with elbow problems.
Prior was preparing slowly for the season because elbow problems had limited him to one spring training start the past two years.
Montana said there was a misunderstanding about the nature of his elbow problems.
He hasn't all season, and he's coming back from elbow problems.
He began the 1979 season on the disabled list with elbow problems and missed the first month.
He took cortisone in recent weeks for back and elbow problems.