Golfer Vijay Singh yesterday in a memo filed with the New York State Supreme Court accused PGA Tour officials of "subjecting him to 'absurd' and 'unfair' treatment" during his doping case three years ago, according to Pete Madden of GOLF.com. Singh accuses the Tour of "ignoring the use of deer antler spray by five other professional golfers playing on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour and then lying to the public by 'characterizing Singh as a cheater who caught a break.'" According to Singh, five golfers "admitted to the Tour" as early as '10 or '11 that they had "used the same spray as Singh but were not sanctioned under the Tour's anti-doping program." In '13, the Tour "announced its intention to suspend Singh for 90 days following his admission to Sports Illustrated that he had used the spray," but it "quickly lifted its suspension when the World Anti-Doping Agency determined the product didn't contain enough of the hormone to be performance-enhancing." Singh then sued the Tour, contending that the announcement "damaged his reputation, leading to the loss of his longtime endorsement deal with Cleveland Golf." Singh accused PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem of lying when he "pinned the Tour's decision to withdraw its anti-doping case against him on a change in WADA policy that 'clarified that it no longer considers the use of deer antler spray to be prohibited unless a positive test results.'" But Singh contends WADA "did no such thing, citing testimony from WADA's science director that WADA's position on deer antler spray hadn't changed in several years" (GOLF.com, 5/31).
