Pro suspended by PGA for using performance-enhancing drug

[Auggie]

November 2, 2009, espn.com

Doug Barron became the first player on the PGA Tour to violate its performance-enhancing drug policy and has been suspended for one year.

Barron, 40, a veteran who played just four times this year on the developmental Nationwide Tour and once on the PGA Tour and failed to make a cut, will begin his suspension immediately -- although his status was in limbo because he was playing the Nationwide Tour this year on a medical exemption.

"I would like to apologize for any negative perception of the tour or its players resulting from my suspension," Barron said in a statement released by the PGA Tour. "I want my fellow tour members and the fans to know that I did not intend to gain an unfair competitive advantage or enhance my performance while on tour."

It is unclear what substance Barron took or what he did to produce a positive drug test. The tour said it would have no further comment on the matter. The PGA Tour announced that it would be implementing full-scale anti-doping measures in December 2007, with the program commencing on July 1, 2008.

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Hard to comment without knowing what it actually was or what the circumstances were. If it was intentional it's beyond stupid.