Short answer” No more roids.
The PGA started testing for steroids a week after he had his knee “operated” on again. He took off about 9 months. How long does it take for the juice to flush out of your system to be tested?
He had been seeing the Montreal steroids “doctor” and the PGA probably went into a panic. If it got out his career would be over and golf would suffer severe damage.
“Short answer No more roids.”
Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! I wonder why nobody has discussed this on air during TV coverage? That is the longest loss of distance by any golfer on the PGA during that timeframe. Phil M. lost less than 1 yard during the same timeframe and he turned 40?!
For me, this all goes back to Ben Johnson. I was quite the innocent in those days, roidwise, and I was super impressed with this guy. Just look at him! Wow! Then of course, the truth was known. Well, it is what it is, but I did feel foolish for not realizing there was something else involved, and since then I became suspicious, and I was particularly suspicious of Tiger, when he got so buff.
The day they started testing for roids was the same day Tiger’s career tanked.
Knee injuries.
Ear lobe strains.
Marriage problems.