adminprohibited because it contains such small amounts of a growth hormone factor.
“The bottom line is that given the change by WADA, we are dropping the case against Mr Singh,” PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said on Tuesday.
Finchem said Singh’s appeal of the sanctions was almost over when WADA, which had warned about the spray in February, told the tour on Friday it no longer considers the use of deer antler spray to be prohibited except for a positive test result.
WADA sent the tour a written statement on Tuesday, indicating that the spray is known to contain small amounts of IGF-1.
“Based on this new information, and given WADA’s lead role in interpreting the prohibited list, the tour deemed it only fair to no longer treat Mr. Singh’s use of deer antler spray as a violation of the tour’s anti-doping programme,” Finchem said, reading from a statement. The decision ends a three-month saga that had players wondering what would happen to Singh, a 50-year-old Fijian with three major championships who is famous for the endless hours he spends on the practice range. Singh said in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he paid US$9 000 last November for deer antler spray, hologram chips and other products. — AFP.
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