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Woods Calls for Drug Testing
LA Times ^ | 08/26/06 | Thomas Bonk

Posted on 08/26/2006 8:42:23 AM PDT by socal_parrot

There is no drug-testing policy on the PGA Tour, and when Tiger Woods called for one this week at the Bridgestone Invitational, no one should have been surprised, according to Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg of IMG.

"There's a lot out there right now, with BALCO, the cycling and the sprinters, so what he's saying is, 'Start with golf, start with me. I'm clean and I think the sport's clean,' " Steinberg said Friday.

" 'If people are speculating about golf, let's get it over now.' "

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: drugs; golf; testing
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1 posted on 08/26/2006 8:42:25 AM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: socal_parrot

oh please - who thinks golfers are using performance enhancing drugs?


2 posted on 08/26/2006 8:44:19 AM PDT by justche (If you're afraid of the future, then get out of the way, stand aside. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Archie Bunker on steroids

ping


3 posted on 08/26/2006 8:46:25 AM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: justche

oh please - who thinks golfers are using performance enhancing drugs?



Isn't that part of the point Tiger is trying to make?....


4 posted on 08/26/2006 8:50:03 AM PDT by deport
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To: socal_parrot
" 'If people are speculating about golf, let's get it over now.' "

Nobody is speculating about golf.

5 posted on 08/26/2006 8:50:31 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: justche; Archie Bunker on steroids

archie bunker on cocaine thinks so.....


6 posted on 08/26/2006 8:51:06 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Go Bucks!!!)
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To: Tribune7
I don't know, some golfers are "bulking" up.


7 posted on 08/26/2006 8:52:01 AM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: Tribune7

That's actually pretty good form/technique for a 300+lb. golfer.


8 posted on 08/26/2006 8:52:46 AM PDT by willgolfforfood
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To: justche
Exactly!

Everyone knows the heavy drug use is in croquet and curling.

9 posted on 08/26/2006 8:54:14 AM PDT by Dark Skies
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To: socal_parrot

LOL

hopefully they won't outlaw heaters and beer....


10 posted on 08/26/2006 8:54:40 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Go Bucks!!!)
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To: socal_parrot
Perhaps start with the LPGA ...


11 posted on 08/26/2006 8:58:15 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief
Perhaps start with the LPGA ...

Natalie Gulbis and Paula Creamer do appear to be a bit enanched...


12 posted on 08/26/2006 9:03:08 AM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: socal_parrot
Why would Woods call for it....the rumors are getting hot & the fingers are pointing to him. A once wory 20 year old looks like an outside linebacker now. He has the strength to hit a 9 iron out of the rough from 190 and stop it on a dime....over a tree.

Dan Patrick did a show on 18 Aug about steroids and golf with Nick Falso. Faldo does not believe its a problem.....but Patrick keeps raising the question with Woods at the center

13 posted on 08/26/2006 9:06:24 AM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids (We'll stay out of your bedrooms, if you stay out of our children's classrooms.)
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To: justche
oh please - who thinks golfers are using performance enhancing drugs?

I do...without question I do.

Beta blockers have been used for awhile, but the roids are making their way into golf starting in highschool and college. The top player in the game heads the list on the tour.

14 posted on 08/26/2006 9:10:48 AM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids (We'll stay out of your bedrooms, if you stay out of our children's classrooms.)
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To: justche

Why wouldn't they? Kids are starting to use 'roids in 8th grade.


15 posted on 08/26/2006 9:14:05 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: deport

Nick Price was recently discussing roids too. He does not believe its a problem on tour now, but visions a nearing explosion. What is a kid who has dreamed of making a living his whole life going to do when his maximum drive his 265 yds? When he is told he can't make it on tour with that length, he'll seek a little help given all the money there is to be made.......what happens when 10% of the kids are looking for help? The guy that naturally hits it 290 no longer has an advantage.....dominoes. It happened in football, boxing, track, tennis, swimming, biking....the list goes on...why not golf?


17 posted on 08/26/2006 9:23:17 AM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids (We'll stay out of your bedrooms, if you stay out of our children's classrooms.)
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To: socal_parrot

Daly is pushing 300 in that pic.....at the same time the PGA had his weight listed at 225 on his bio.


18 posted on 08/26/2006 9:24:46 AM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids (We'll stay out of your bedrooms, if you stay out of our children's classrooms.)
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To: Archie Bunker on steroids

why not golf?



Personally, I think it happens today.... Not as infested in golf as other sports but I do think some of the training being done to bulk up etc may include uses of a few substances that would be banned if testing took place. jmo.


19 posted on 08/26/2006 9:28:23 AM PDT by deport
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To: TropicalFishGuy
HE is ripped.....his upper back looks like 50 pounds of condensed tire rubber......I saw pics of him swimming in the Carribean and shook my head.

The same arguments they were making in support of baseball, they are doing for golf.

How could roids help a baseball player they said? You need fine muscle control to accurately place a bat on a 95 mph fastball......those arguments are dead now, as similar ones will be for golf.

How can anyone keep the clubhead square through 6"rough and hit a nine iron 190 yds as if it were on a tight fairway?

I wouldn't be surprised if the PGA is supplying the roids.

20 posted on 08/26/2006 9:30:36 AM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids (We'll stay out of your bedrooms, if you stay out of our children's classrooms.)
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