Former world number one Vijay Singh sued the PGA Tour on Wednesday, a week after golf's premier tour dropped a doping a case against the 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 was later cleared of any wrongdoing after winning an appeal.
He filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York on Wednesday, and issued a statement saying the PGA Tour had damaged his reputation.
"I am proud of my achievement, my work ethic and the way I live my life," Singh said in the statement. "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."
Although he never failed a drugs test, Singh was deemed to have breached golf's rules on doping when he told Sports Illustrated earlier this year he had used deer antler spray. The spray was found to have contained small extracts of IGF-1, a growth hormone on the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) list of prohibited substances. The PGA Tour imposed a sanction on Singh following his admission but the Fijian appealed, saying he was unaware the spray contained any banned substances....
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11:43 PM, May 08, 2013
Charlotte: Vijay Singh withdrew from the Wells Fargo Championship because of a sore back Wednesday, one day after the PGA Tour said it would not punish the Fijian for his admission that he used deer antler spray. The tour said on Tuesday the World Anti-Doping Agency informed it that the spray contains only small amounts of a growth hormone factor that is banned under the anti-doping policy. The tour had...
09:11 AM, May 02, 2013
Augusta, Georgia: The Masters is widening the weekend field for this week's tournament and granting automatic entry next year to more PGA Tour winners, Augusta National chairman Billy Payne said on Wednesday. The cut for the 93-player field will be expanded by six to the top 50 and ties, along with those within 10 strokes of the lead, to include more players in the final two rounds of the year's...
03:23 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Tiger walked off the course in the middle of the final round at Doral last year, but went on to win three times on the PGA Tour. ...
07:31 PM, Mar 07, 2013
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07:12 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Journeyman Merrick sealed victory with a rock-solid par at the second extra hole, the driveable par-four 10th. ...
09:22 AM, Feb 18, 2013
Phil Mickelson ranks Riviera Country Club as one of his favorite venues on the PGA Tour. ...
12:48 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Phil Mickelson maintained a four-shot lead despite double-bogeying the final hole of his second round. ...
08:23 AM, Feb 02, 2013
Former world number has admitted using deer antler spray, but says he was unaware the extract contained an insulin-like growth factor. ...
09:47 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Ishikawa has become a full member of the PGA Tour for 2013 and believes he can break into the winner's circle. ...
10:48 AM, Jan 19, 2013
Johnson fired a five-under 68 on another blustery day at the Kapalua Resort to finish four shots clear of defending champion Steve Stricker (69). ...
08:11 AM, Jan 09, 2013
The first-round play in Hawaii was abandoned because of strong winds. ...
10:01 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Arjun Atwal failed to earn a status on either the PGA Tour or the Web.com Tour for 2013. ...
07:25 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Atwal carded 76 and after first three rounds of 74, 64 and 70. ...
10:18 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Atwal, who has one PGA tour win against his name was at that stage 10-under and in top-20 of the leader-board. ...
11:02 AM, Dec 01, 2012
Indian golfer Arjun Atwal sparkled with a flawless eight-under 64 at the Nicklaus Tournament Course for a share of the 31st spot after the second round of the PGA Tour Qualifying School here. ...
12:39 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Only the top 25 (and ties) after six rounds will receive PGA TOUR cards for 2013 with the rest earning Web.com Tour status or conditional status on that tour. ...
04:44 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Brooksville (Florida): Indian golfer Arjun Atwal moved within one round of making the final stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School after he turned in a creditable four-under 68 in the third round of the second stage to be tied third. Atwal, who carded a 67 and 70 in the first two rounds is, now 11-under and lying tied third with one more round to go. Anirban Lahiri at tied...
10:21 AM, Nov 17, 2012
London: Big-hitting Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts has won a 2013 PGA Tour card and is set to join several Ryder Cup team-mates who play the majority of their golf in the United States. "It's official now...PGA Tour member!!" the world number 34 said on his Twitter account on Monday after the PGA Tour season came to a close on Sunday. Colsaerts earned enough money as a non-member in 2012 and is...
09:29 AM, Nov 13, 2012
Kuala Lumpur: Claiming three PGA Tour victories whilst battling to reconfigure your swing would amount to a great year for most golfers but for Tiger Woods, his extended major drought means 2012 can only be classed as a 'good' season. In a career defined by rewriting records, the 14-times major winner collected the third of those titles at the AT&T National tournament at Congressional in July to overtake Jack Nicklaus...
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