Memorandum submitted by PGA European Tour
The PGA European Tour does not believe there
is a significant problem with doping in professional golf. However,
the sport needs to demonstrate that this is the case and is developing
an anti-doping policy based on the WADA code. The advice provided
by UK Sport was invaluable and the present vacuum has hampered
progress. In the near future we are planning our education program
and it would be silly for every different sport to reinvent the
wheel, ie a UK agency to support this process is essential. The
other roles which we would like to see provided by a responsible
UK agency are:
— A "therapeutic use" exemption
panel for National status athletes in the UK;
— Advice on results management;
— Liaison with other European countries
with regard to the interpretation of their anti-doping policy;
and
— To prevent "harmonisation"
(the basic tenant of WADA) becoming "unification". We
must be allowed to write our own policy based on the WADA code.
April 2004
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