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Singh sues PGA Tour over Fijian's doping case

May 10, 2013 19:00
(Reuters) - Former world number one Vijay Singh sued the PGA Tour for "reckless administration and implementation" of its anti-doping program on Wednesday, a week after golf's premier tour dropped a doping case against the Fijian. Three-times major winner Singh was initially found by the PGA Tour to have breached the sport's doping rules after using a spray, which contains a banned substance, to treat an injury but he was later cleared of any wrongdoing after winning an appeal.

Golf: Singh sues PGA Tour over deer antler doping charge

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 11:01
Vijay Singh sued the US PGA Tour on Wednesday, claiming the tour damaged his reputation with an "unwarranted" pursuit of an anti-doping case against him that was dropped last week. "I am proud of my achievements, my work ethic, and the way I live my life," Singh said in a statement issued through is attorney, Peter R. Ginsberg. "The PGA Tour not only treated me unfairly, but displayed a lack of professionalism that should concern every professional golfer and fan of the game."

Golf: No PGA ban for Singh over deer antler spray

Agence France-PresseApril 30, 2013 17:30
Fiji's Vijay Singh will not be suspended by the US PGA Tour for doping as a result of using a deer antler spray known to contain a prohibited growth-enhancing substance. Tour commissioner Tim Finchem announced the decision on Tuesday after Singh had appealed a sanction brought against him by the tour after he admitted to using the deer antler spray in a January story in Sports Illustrated. The spray contained IGF-1, a substance listed on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and PGA Tour prohibitive lists and one the tour had warned players against using in August of 2011.

Golf-PGA Tour decision on Singh's antler spray use expected soon

February 24, 2013 19:00
By Mark Lamport-Stokes MARANA, Arizona, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The PGA Tour says it will announce a decision "relatively soon" following the admission by former world number one Vijay Singh that he had been using deer antler spray, which contains a banned substance. Fijian Singh, a three-times major winner, told Sports Illustrated magazine he had experimented with deer antler spray for "a couple of months" but was unaware the extract contained an insulin-like growth factor banned by the PGA Tour.

Golf: Antler row Singh pulls out of Phoenix Open

January 31, 2013 17:30
Vijay Singh withdrew from the Phoenix Open before the start of the first round on Thursday, a day after he admitted using a deer antler spray that contains a substance banned by the PGA Tour. Singh, a two-time winner of the tournament, cited a back injury as the reason for this withdrawal. However, his departure means the 49-year-old from Fiji has yet to face reporters since he confirmed on Wednesday that he used the spray -- while insisting he didn't know it contained anything that contravened the tour's anti-doping regulations.
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