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PGATOUR.COM - Barron first to violate PGA TOUR Anti-Doping Program

PGA Tour golfer banned for doping - CNN.com

Plus some old threads about the possibility of doping on tour...

Drug Testing In The PGA?

Doping and Golf

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I think that it is important to note that there is always someone. Now, on the TOUR, this guy is truly a "nobody", but as all my arguments were in those prior threads, who knows how much his PE drugs helped or not, but the guy was taking spots away from someone else who deserved it much more.

These are the guys I suspect will be caught -- the guys just on the cusp of making it and the ones thinking "If only I could drive it 10 yards further" or "If only I could steady my nerves on those putts a little better". I doubt that any of the stars of the Tour will be caught -- they have far too much to lose. But the guys stuck down at the bottom of the money list have to extraordinarily tempted.

The true cynic in me says that the reason this guy got caught is because he hadn't earned enough to buy the good stuff that is undetectable ;)

A one-year suspension seems like a punishment that's too harsh just for taking a bit of drugs. And John Daly got suspended for 6 months just for getting drunk that one night. The PGA Tour seems to offer lots of harsh punishments.

so he is taking steriods or flat out drugs?

Glad to see golf finally doing what other sports have been for years. Athletes, especially professionals, are role models for a lot of youngsters, so the message is passed on to them, also.

The latest is that Doug Barron has signed on for a North Carolina minitour. It's a developmental circuit and they have no drug testing (nor policy) which costs big bucks.