golf.fanhouse.com - 19 days ago
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by Shane Bacon Doug Barron has been suspended for a full year after failing a drug test, becoming the first PGA Tour player to fail such a test since the tour instituted their drug policy in July, 2008. Barron may not fit the mold of the normal athlete to fail drug testing, but in golf, he ...
progolfnow.com - 18 days ago
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progolfnow.com —
Some of you may not have even known
that the PGA has any type of serious drug
policy in place. Well, now you do. Doug Barron became the first player to be suspended by the tour , as he tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance. This comes as a little bit of a surprise, because ...
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Barron Suspended For Violating PGA Tour Drug Policy
sportressofblogitude.com - 18 days ago
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sportressofblogitude.com —
Doug Barron has been suspended one year by
the PGA Tour for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
Pursuant to Tour policy, the drug Barron, 40, tested positive for was not made known. To make matters worse for Barron, his PED use didn’t even help him on the Tour – Barron ...
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Wait – This Guy Was The First PGA Golfer Ever To Be ...
soyoked.com - 18 days ago
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The Beginning of the End to Naivete in Golf World: PGA Tour Discovers First PED-User
Wei Under Par —
... 300 yards. […] Golf is all about length, and the U.S.G.A., the P.G.A. of America and, to a certain extent, the PGA Tour are perpetuating it by blindly lengthening every golf course.
Barron averaged 277 yards off the tee this season — which would qualify him as one of the shorter hitters on the PGA Tour. The temptation to gain an edge is becoming tougher to resist — particularly for guys, like Barron, struggling to either keep or earn their cards.
[h/t Shane Bacon/Fan House]
This Guy Did Steroids
Dogs That Chase Cars —
Seriously. That guy. Doug Barron. He juiced and became the first PGA Tour "star" to be suspended for a year. I'm not sure what to believe anymore. First Kevin Brown juicing, and now this guy? I'm pretty sure if when you take steroids, there is one thing they tell you not to take with it, thus offsetting the effect, he did it. This guy looks like a steroid offender like Patton Oswalt looks like an actor, and I actually like Patton Oswalt. (Also, I have absolutely no idea why he has his shirt off in this picture. I'm assuming he was ...
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