Golf Central

Put the crack pipe down and stub that spliff out, guys, because drug testing hits the European Tour for the first time this week at the London Club. After Gary Player ran his mouth about knowing at least ten players who were using performance-enhancing drugs, procedures have finally been put in place to make sure the game is clean.

The drug-testing system has had little support from golfers themseleves, but players like Nick Dougherty, Justin Rose and Ross Fisher don't expect there to be any casualties from the new system. "If there are guys out there taking performance-enhancing drugs then I hope they get caught and I hope they do something about it, but I'd like to think golf hasn't got a problem," said Nick Dougherty earlier this week.