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Doug Barron
Doug Barron is a professional golfer. He made headlines when he became the first PGA golfer to be suspended for use of performance-enhancing substances and was suspended from the tour for one year. Find more Doug Barron news and... [more]
Doug Barron is a professional golfer. He made headlines when he became the first PGA golfer to be suspended for use of performance-enhancing substances and was suspended from the tour for one year. Find more Doug Barron news and information here.
DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Slate Pharmaceuticals -- A pharmaceutical company CEO is criticizing the PGA Tour's one year suspension, under its "Anti-Doping" policy, of golfer Doug Barron, the 40-year-old, 14-year PGA Tour veteran from Memphis, Tennessee, who last month became the first and only player in professional golf to be suspended for doping.
- Number of failed Tour tests, says lawyer (guardian.co.uk)
PGA golfer Doug Barron is fighting doping allegations levied against him this past November with a lawsuit against the PGA under the Americans With Disabilities Act. According to CNN, the golfer claims that he was using beta blockers and testosterone to treat a heart condition...
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Today the PGA Tour finally broke their silence regarding the case against Doug Barron and his alleged violation of the Tour's anti-doping laws, and I have to admit... I am now leaning more towards Barron for this one. Apparently, Barron suffers from mitral valve prolapse, a condition that can be treated via the use of specific therapeutic drugs.
According to Rex Hoggard, a senior writer for GolfChannel.com:
The PGA Tour’s silence regarding...
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From waggleroom.com
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Last evening, Judge Tu Pham denied Doug Barron's request for a temporary restraining order that would have allowed him to participate in the second stage of Q-school that begins on Wednesday in Houston.
Judge Pham denied the request under his belief that Barron would be unlikely to be successful in challenging the Tour's one year suspension of him for use of testosterone. Barron's lawyers indicated that he had only taken testosterone once...
From waggleroom.com
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- Analyzing Doug Barron's Case Against the PGA Tour (waggleroom.com)
- PGA's anti-doping regime challenged (guardian.co.uk)
- Judge nixes Barron's bid to lift Tour ban (reuters.com)
Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, Shawne Merriman, and Barry Bonds are names commonly associated with steroids in professional sports.
Doug Barron is not.
At 40-years-old, Baron is slightly overweight, has a heart condition, was diagnosed with an unusually low testosterone level back in 2005 and has never won a PGA Tour event in his 17 years as a professional golfer.
Heck, Doug Barron is a walking billboard for those people who still think that golf...
From bleacherreport.com
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- Doug Barron Becomes 1st Golfer Busted for Doping (feedburner.com)
- Attorney: Barron files suit to stop PGA suspension (kentucky.com)
Doug Barron, the first player to be suspended under the PGA Tours performance-enhancing drug policy on Nov. 2, has challenged his suspension and filed an immediate temporary restraining order that would allow him to play the second stage of Q-School next week and provide a possible legal avenue for him to play the Tour in 2010. According to the complaint filed on Thursday in Shelby County Court in Memphis the prohibited substances Barron...
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From freerepublic.com
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He won’t be allowed to play in a PGA or Nationwide event for one year. From ESPN-
Doug Barron became the first PGA Tour player to be suspended for violating its performance-enhancing drug policy.
Barron, 40, a veteran who played just four times this year on the developmental Nationwide Tour and once on the PGA Tour and [...]
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From feedburner.com
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Doug Barron. 238 career PGA Tour starts with a best finish being a tie for third in the Byron Nelson Championship in 2005. Playing on a medical exemption, he made exactly zero dollars on the Nationwide and PGA Tours this season. Averaging 277 yards off of the tee, the 40 year old is considered a short hitter by modern standards.This is the face of doping in golf.On Monday afternoon, the PGA Tour released a statement announcing Barron's...
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From waggleroom.com
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The PGA Tour has suspended the first player for violating its Anti-Doping Policy, journeyman Doug Barron of Memphis, Tenn.The Tour issued a release late this afternoon announcing a one-year suspension for Barron, 40, who played in only four Nationwide Tour events and one PGA Tour event this year, the St. Jude Classic. He missed the cut there, and missed the cut three times and was disqualified once on the Nationwide Tour.read more
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From jacksonville.com
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Doug Barron assaulted the golf world swiftly and covertly by becoming the first American professional to fail a test for Performance Enhancing Drugs. The PGA Tour announced a one year suspension for the 40 year old, practically anonymous pro. This man snuck into our ranks, inseminated our sport with his seed of blasphemy, and forever shook the foundation of our centuries old game.
Sure, there had been cheating in the past. The mystery of...
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