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Singh goes after PGA Tour in new lawsuit

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Last week, the PGA Tour dropped its investigation into Vijay Singh’s use of Deer Antler Spray. This week, it’s Singh’s turn to investigate the Tour.

According to the USA Today, Singh filed a suit Wednesday in the Supreme Court of the State of New York charging the Tour with exposing Singh “to public humiliation and ridicule for months.” According to the lawsuit, the Tour “failed competently and responsibly to administer its own Anti-Doping Program . . . As a direct and proximate result of the PGA Tour’s actions, Singh has been humiliated, ashamed, ridiculed, scorned and emotionally distraught.”

When Singh, 50, initially told Sports Illustrated in February that he had used deer antler spray — which contains the performance-enhancing drug IGF-1 — the Tour levied sanctions against Singh. He appealed those sanctions and last week, PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem ruled that the sanctions against Singh would be withdrawn. Deer Antler spray has also been removed from the Tour’s list of banned substances.

Click here to read the full story from last week.

Part of the reason given by Finchem was that the World Anti-Doping Agency no longer considered the admission of using deer antler spray to be enough evidence. A positive test for IGF-1 was needed which had not happened in Singh’s case.

The USA Today cites the suit as seeking an “amount to be determined at trial, punitive damages and attorney’s fee, and such other relief as the Court finds proper.” It also reports that the sanctions against Singh would have included a 90-day suspension.

Andrew Prezioso is a freelance sports reporter and photographer (http://amprezioso.smugmug.com/). You can follow him on Twitter @AMPrezioso. He currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, after graduating from the University of Richmond in 2012.

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  1. garry

    May 21, 2013 at 11:54 pm

    does anybody know how many times Tiger was tested? none, enough said. now days do we really care? obviously, not. so if you want to criticize vj, then why not everybody that has been in the top part of sports in the last fifteen-twenty years. they competed at that level and got paid millions of dollars to be there. do you think that you would be different whenever you have to be at the top all of the time? look into yourself before you answer that because that is what that world is all about. some people could do it and some not. so go and unanchor your putter and understand that you have untouchable people running your game that are also out of touch with reality of the sport and today’s world. if you want to blame somebody, blame yourself for wanting so much from a human that puts his/her pants on every morning just like you do and has to deal with all of the life stuff that you do. god love all of you for playing the game and continuing to play it.

  2. mick

    May 10, 2013 at 7:33 pm

    Although gsr26251 makes scary good sense

  3. mick

    May 10, 2013 at 7:30 pm

    Does it seem like Finchem & co were sitting around talking, and decided that they would make some stuff up to F VJ Singh??? I’d be ticked-off too.

  4. gsr26251

    May 10, 2013 at 5:09 pm

    The golf community needs to take off its naive glasses and simply look to the Roger Clemens model. This Vijay suit is a warning shot across the bow for anyone who might want to look into this issue further. It says that Vijay has been doping with HGH, masking with Deer Antler Spray, and now telling everyone if you investigate this in any way VJ and his lawyers will sue you. Golf needs to learn from baseball, track, and cycling that these guys have means, money, and motive to take PEDs. And if the tour is going to continue with its spineless drug policy, this will escalate.

    Golf needs to start asking how can a guy be so successful at an age when no one else is? A guy that is better in his 40s than his 20s or 30s? He was getting better at an age when everyone else on the planet is seeing their games deteriorate. And how can VJ practice with the volume that he does, at his age and no one else does? He is either a super human athlete, or he is getting pharmaceutical assistance.

    It’s right in front of our eyes, golf just needs to see it.

  5. tim roncone

    May 9, 2013 at 1:47 pm

    wow. who did singh get this idea from. lance armstrong probably led singh to this idea. he is truly now a struggling pos that should be boo’d off of any and every course he tries to play on. way to go loser!

  6. Rich

    May 9, 2013 at 8:06 am

    Was the Deer antler stuff or a product there of 0n the band list? Yes!
    Nuff said!
    Biting the hand that feeds you is not good. I believe they sign an agreement they won’t sue the PGA no matter the reason.

  7. Tom Hertwig

    May 8, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    Well the arrogant Mr. Finchem since he’s in charge of the tour had this coming. They had the gall to place his winnings into an escrow account while they made a decision on this matter. Then the PGA Tour announces he has not taken any band substance and he will not face any penalties. Wow I guess telling the world you took a band substance and then saying it is not illegal has caused no harm to Vijay. Many people will consider him a cheat without knowing the real truth. Good luck Mr. Finchem as I am sure this will be settled before going to court. This is just my opinion.

  8. evanm

    May 8, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    The tour handled this terribly, but bottom line Singh is a POS.

  9. Tom Donnelly

    May 8, 2013 at 1:54 pm

    Vijay is right on this one. PGA Tour should have “competently and responsibly” “administered its own Anti-Doping Program” and suspended him right from the beginning.

  10. DPavs

    May 8, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    This will undoubtedly increase his popularity (sarcasm added), it’s a pretty ungrateful act from a professional who has reaped many rewards from the benefits associated with being a PGA tour player.

    That said Finchem and the PGA Association have been too wishy washy on several matters and now it is most likely going to cause them needless litigation expense.

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