Tiger Woods and Steroids or HGH: Could It Be True?

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Published: January 1, 2010

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Ever since Tiger Woods started wearing those really tight golf shirts to show off his bulked-up body, which I think, if I recall correctly, began in 2007, there have been whispers that he may be using steroids or HGH (i.e., performance enhancing drugs - PEDs). 

I must admit that I, at the time, like most people, wondered out loud to friends and work colleagues if it could be possible.  His sudden increase in size simply gave me cause to wonder if it could be true. 

The reaction to these whispers by most golf fans, and sports fans in general, was that there was no way Tiger would cheat and that they could not see what possible benefit one could get from PEDs with regard to golf. 

The reaction was basically the same by the mainstream media, at least the ones that were even willing to bring it up.  Most in the mainstream media did not even address the whispers.

Gary Player, in July 2007, addressing the media at the Open Championship (i.e., the British Open) stated he was aware of two male golf professionals that were using PEDs (he was told in confidence by these players and thus had promised not to mention any names) and thought the number could be as high as 10or much higher. 

The reaction by most of the players was that Gary was trying to damage golf and it was silly to think anyone was using PEDs on the U.S. PGA tour.

Tiger, who in 2006 stated he wanted to see testing for PEDs started as soon as possible, said the following at the time:  "If anything, probably out here it would be testing positive for maybe being hung over a little bit," Woods said.

Phil Mickelson at the time had this reaction: "I don't think there's even a remote chance that will happen," he said of a golfer testing positive for steroids.

At the time of Gary Player’s revelations, to my knowledge, none of the three networks that covered golf (i.e., NBC, ABC, ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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