Norman: Golf needs to institute blood testing
Says sports anti-doping procedures are disgraceful.
GREG NORMAN said golf's anti-doping procedures are "disgraceful" and blood testing needs to be instituted as soon as possible.
"You only have to look at what happened to Vijay Singh just recently to know the drugs issue is there," Norman told The Australian newspaper.
Singh acknowledged in a magazine interview in January that he had used deer antler spray, which contains a muscle-building hormone banned by the PGA Tour. It can be detected only by blood tests.
"How deep it is [the problem], I have no idea because we only do urine analysis instead of blood testing," Norman said. "If you really want to be serious about it and find about what's really going on, we need to do blood testing. I think it's disgraceful, to tell you the truth. The golf associations have to get together and step it up."
Tournament results *
At Avondale, La., Billy Horschel sank a 27-foot putt on the final hole to avoid a playoff and win the Zurich Classic.
Horschel shot a final-round 8-under 64 to finish at 20-under 268 and win the first PGA Tour victory of his career.
D.A. Points shot a final-round 65 to finish one shot behind.
Horschel began the day two shots behind third-round leader Lucas Glover and surged into the lead with six straight birdies after the first of two weather delays.
Guan Tuanlang, the 14-year-old from China who made the cut at the Masters, finished 71st.
* At Irving, Texas, Inbee Park shot a bogey-free 4-under 67 to finish at 13-under 271 and win the inaugural North Texas LPGA Shootout by a stroke over Carlota Ciganda.
* At Savannah, Ga., Jeff Sluman partnered with Brad Faxon for a one-stroke victory in the Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf on the Champions Tour.
The duo finished at 23-under 193, a stroke ahead of the teams of Fred Funk/Mike Goodes and Gene Sauers/Kenny Perry.