Golfer gets one-year suspension from PGA Tour for using PEDs
A top-1000 golfer got suspended by the PGA Tour on Wednesday for using an undisclosed performance-enhancing drug.
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Kyle Porter
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Likely the only way you were going to hear Bhavik Patel's name this season is if he was suspended for PEDs. Well, you're hearing it because that's what happened on Wednesday.
The PGA Tour has levied a one-year suspension on the 971st-ranked golfer in the world for using an undisclosed performance enhancing drug.
"In an effort to overcome an injury, I made a lapse of judgment," Patel said in a statement. "I regret my decision but have learned from the experience and look forward to returning to competition."
Patel has never played on the PGA Tour and finished No. 103 on the 2013-14 Web.com Tour money list. His suspension, retroactive to October 2014, will run until October 2015.
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