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But for once, I think it's BS. If what is written is actually true, the PGA tour has blown it and blown it badly here...........
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The first player to be suspended by the PGA Tour for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance was asking a federal court Friday to lift his suspension.
An attorney for golfer Doug Barron said a hearing was being held Friday morning in U.S. District Court in Memphis on a lawsuit filed the day before seeking an immediate injunction from the court to let him play.
Lawyer Jeffrey Rosenblum said Barron was seeking a decision in time to compete in the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament next week.
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Chris Condon/PGA Tour/Getty ImagesDoug Barron, seen at a Nationwide Tour event in 2008, says he has been taking beta blockers and testosterone prescribed by a doctor.
Barron, a 40-year-old journeyman who lives in Tennessee and lost his tour card three years ago, was suspended this month for one year. Under its doping policy, the tour announces a suspension but does not disclose what substance a player used.
In court documents, the PGA said Barron was tested on June 11 during the St. Jude Classic in Memphis and the sample was positive for propranolol, a beta-blocker, and testosterone.
Andrew Levinson, the executive director of the tour's anti-doping program, said in court documents that Barron had sought prior approval from the tour to use the substances based on medical needs, but his applications were denied.
But according to the lawsuit, the PGA Tour was aware Barron had been taking beta blockers when he was tested at the St. Jude Classic -- the only tour event he played this year.
On Nov. 2, the tour announced his suspension for one year, a surprise to many players who knew Barron.
"I've never tried to gain any advantage over my peers," Barron said, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
According to media reports, in the suit, Barron said he has been taking beta blockers for a heart condition for 22 years and testosterone shots for low testosterone since 2005 -- both prescribed by doctors.
Barron's agent, Arthur Horne III, said the PGA Tour did not note in its news release announcing the suspension Nov. 2 that the medication Barron was using had been prescribed by his doctor.
"This was never a case of a guy in a back room taking creams or using needles," Horne said, according to Golf.com. "This was a guy taking what was prescribed to him by medical doctors for conditions that others have been given exemptions for. We feel Doug has been treated unfairly."
Barron said he was prescribed testosterone in 2005, when he was diagnosed as having the testosterone levels of an 80-year-old man. He said the injections bring his levels of the hormone to only the low end of what is considered a normal range, according to the Commercial Appeal.
"There is no way to enhance my performance at the level I was at," he said, according to the newspaper. "I was trying to live a healthy life as an adult male as seen by my physician that was treating me for good health."
Barron played eight full seasons on the tour, with his best finish a tie for third at the Byron Nelson Championship in 2006.
Barron played a full Nationwide schedule last year, making only five cuts in 17 starts to earn $33,446. He played four times on the Nationwide Tour this year, and his lone PGA Tour start came at the St. Jude Classic, where he missed the cut.
"I would like to apologize for any negative perception of the tour or its players resulting from my suspension," Barron said in a statement released by the tour on Nov. 2. "I want my fellow tour members and the fans to know that I did not intend to gain an unfair competitive advantage or enhance my performance while on tour."
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I bet Tiger doesn't pee in a cup.
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I bet he does. I seem to remember him saying he was all for it (before the policy was even put in place).
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Tiger admitted that he's been tested twice since the PGA Tour started testing last July, and came up negative both times, including one time where he had to test when he wasn't even playing in the tournament Tiger passed two tests in 2009Tiger Woods backs compulsory drug-testing in wake of Barron ban • Woods comments after Doug Barron banned for a year • 'We have to ensure no one does anything improper' The world No1 Tiger Woods insists that compulsory drug-testing is essential to ensure a clean sport in the wake of the one-year ban handed to the American journeyman Doug Barron. The PGA Tour announced earlier this week that Barron had violated the anti-doping policy on the use of performance-enhancing substances, becoming the first player to be banned after golf introduced testing in June last year. The European Tour has insisted there have been no failures in Europe, with the anti-doping programme continuing at this week's World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in Shanghai. "I heard about it [Barron's ban] today. It's unfortunate, but that is one of the reasons why we have the policy to make sure no one does anything that's improper for the game of golf and I think that it is great that we have the policy in place," said Woods. "The whole idea is to keep our sport clean and that is why we created the policy and it has been executed – and unfortunately one player didn't obey the policy." Further details of Barron's case have not been announced. The 40-year-old, who has never won in 238 appearances on the PGA Tour, has apologised but insisted he never intended to gain an unfair advantage. Barron was playing on the Nationwide Tour this year on a medical exemption and is known to have taken medication in the past for several conditions. web page
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what advantage would one get from taking PEDs in golf?
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what advantage would one get from taking PEDs in golf?
stronger, more explosive muscles = longer drives
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what advantage would one get from taking PEDs in golf?
stronger, more explosive muscles = longer drives
but one would think a sudden surge of muscle would affect one's swing as well though... longer drives don't mean much if one is slicing and dicing them. but well...
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what advantage would one get from taking PEDs in golf?
stronger, more explosive muscles = longer drives
Strength doesn't really do much for making you a better golfer, mechanics is usually what allows for longer drives kinda the same with a QB or a Pitcher. Other than looking better for the camera I cant see why anyone would take PED's for golf. Heck even Tigers average driving distance has gone down in recent years and he's much more muscular now.
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what advantage would one get from taking PEDs in golf?
I was wondering the same thing when I read this.Maybe it gives them the balls to do things they normally couldn't do?
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Physical strength doesn't mean much in golf and larger muscles can actually hinder your swing. It's all about the speed into the ball and squareness of contact. It's why the little guys can compete with the big guys and older guys can compete with younger guys. It's why a Kenny Perry (now there's a physical specimen) can make a run at winning the Master's at 49.
I don't know this Barron guy's story but on the surface I think the tour has over-reacted a bit. I'll bet the Champions Tour is loaded with guys taking beta-blockers.
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For what its worth, Johnny MIller was talkig about Tiger earlier this year on TV. Tiger is pretty ripped now, for a golfer... and during an eraly season slump (for Tiger) Miller said sometimes you can build up too much as a golfer.
Of course, Tiger went on to win about 10 tournaments, so who knows? haha
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mechanics is usually what allows for longer drives kinda the same with a QB or a Pitcher.
Agreed.
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I'm extremely disappointed in Tiger's stance here.
I'm making a leap of faith based on Baron's forthcoming attitude with the PGA in asking them in advance for permission to use these substances because of pre-existing conditions, but IF Barron did in fact have a legit use for these things in his past, and petitioned the PGA to allow him to use these substances, then I think there's a bunch of shortsightedness going on here. 
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what advantage would one get from taking PEDs in golf?
stronger, more explosive muscles = longer drives
Strength doesn't really do much for making you a better golfer, mechanics is usually what allows for longer drives kinda the same with a QB or a Pitcher. Other than looking better for the camera I cant see why anyone would take PED's for golf. Heck even Tigers average driving distance has gone down in recent years and he's much more muscular now.
I agree to the extent that in sports dominated by precise fundamental movements (baseball, golf), the advantage of PEDs is not going to be as great as in sports dominated more by pure, physical activity (football-- some positions, powerlifting, sprinting).
It's still going to be there though. See Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, or the entire steroids era in the 90's and beyond.
They aren't going to magically transform a bad golfer into a good one, but if taking say, testosterone or HGH helps a little bit with power (without getting significantly bigger) and helps with recovery,.. of course it's going to be an advantage.
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