Carnoustie, Scotland
Gary Player put steroids at the forefront of the British Open on Wednesday, saying golf has its head buried in a bunker if it thinks the sport is clean and he knows of one player using performance-enhancing drugs.
The nine-time major champion urged golf organizations to start random testing.
“It’s absolutely essential that we do that,” Player said at Carnoustie, where he won the Open in 1968. “We’re dreaming if we think it’s not going to come into golf.”
Player says it already has.
“Whether it’s HGH, whether it’s creatine or whether it’s steroids, I know that some golfers are doing it,” he said.
Asked how he knew, he said one golfer told him.
“I took an oath prior to him telling me – I won’t tell – but he told me what he did, and I could see this massive change in him.”
