Golf Talk »   Gary Player, "I know some golfers take drugs"

what Gary player says " he knows some golfers are using performing-enhancing drugs."
Player said he took an oath not to name the player. “Somebody else told me something that I also promised I wouldn’t tell that verified others had done it.”

“He knows two?” Nick Faldo said yesterday. “I know zero. Never heard of anybody, no.”

Phil Mickelson said he doesn’t think “there’s even a remote chance” of a player testing positive.

But with the open close I wonder why the timing of his comments, I think hes right though, golf people and tours are kidding themsleves if they golf is 100% clean, you might be suprised that one of the highest % of drug taking occurs in shooting and archery (nerver claming drugs) I suspect a few would use those as well as HGH (hunman growth hormones) as well nanadralone which increase muscle mass which equates to power

Phil the dill says no, hmm Americans all thought baseballers were all clean too yet the whole world could see they were not. You dont grow arms like baryBonds has natrually, they are like tree trunks.

I have seen a few monsters out there too, and I would be targeting those guys. I agree with players, sports peole will do anything to win, sure golf is self rules but we are not talking about what happenes on the course we are talking about what happens off it which is significantly different.

Just a side snippet to all of this I suspect no person will ever tell Gary Player a secret again.

Do you think its false???
So you dont think golfers would do anything outside the course to gain an advatage, why do they spend hours testing equipment, getting lie angels right and so on…too miss the cut.

Hvaing watched sport evolve from the 70’s when drug taking took hold of world sport to now where it owns world sort, youre kidding yourself if you think golfers wouldbt be trying it atleast, if they know theres no testing why not have a dabble

even doctors say HGH is good for skinny athletes – many golfers are skinny – hello open yuour eyes please.

I think my point to all of this has been quite simple, why have the golf authorities waited so long before bringing in regular testing

They have dropped the ball on this one I’m afraid, completely and utterly missed the boat to the point where they need to do a lot of catch up work.

There would be many areas in golf where steroid and calming drugs would be useful…Golf depite many peoples thoughts is quite an athletic sport, the better the athlete the better you can play in many instances.

<blockquote><cite>Posted By: golfgod</cite>I think my point to all of this has been quite simple, why have the golf authorities waited so long before bringing in regular testing

They have dropped the ball on this one I’m afraid, completely and utterly missed the boat to the point where they need to do a lot of catch up work.
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Yeah, I'll have to agree with you on that one... It is a bit late to be bringing all of this up now, don't ya think? Really, they should of been prepared for this along time ago, this has been going on for years and now they're finally ready to take action...

I wonder how many other golfers are going to snub Player now. Also, did the Anti-doping agency have something on Player that made him open up like this?

I don't know, I think when you look at it, it's the same but their objective is different, isn't it? Baseball is a team thing as well golfing only takes one person.

I think that it is possible that there is drug use in just about any sport. Why should golf be any different.

I think that drugs are becoming prevalent in every sport any more.

Not everyone in sports uses drugs, thats considered to be a stereotype. You can't say that. But You can say that a lot of them are falling into the trend of drug use.

I think it is a stereotype, and sports figures seem to be thought of as all druggies.

I think there should be mandatory testing in all pro sports.

Drugs are popular in all sports because they are easily accesible. I would assume the muscle mass steroids provide could provide an edge in the golf game

As with anything, never say never. Although I think golf is probably the 2nd cleanest sport with ping pong being the first. With that being said, what is the benefit of a golfer taking HGH's? They might give you the power to make that 4 foot putt that you otherwise would leave short. I suppose they could help you drive farther or help you get out of the deep rough easier. That's it, no other benefit. Furthemore the with technological advances in clubs and balls who needs them. I think the issue is ridiculous and if a person is going to make accusations, he better be willing to back up thos accusations. As I like to say, "put up or shut up".