It slowly emerged over the weekend that a pro golfer had essentially accused Tiger Woods of using performance-enhancing drugs and subsequently being suspended by the PGA Tour. The fallout from such claims, obviously, has been swift and emphatic.

On Monday, Woods (via his agent) and the PGA Tour both came out strong against the claims, as expected.

There are also a lot of questions about what's going on here. Why is somebody who nobody has ever heard of accusing Woods of cheating? Who is he? Why can't Woods chip a golf ball?

Oh, sorry ... that last one was leftover from a few weeks ago.

Anyway, here are six things you need to know about the Tiger Woods accusations levied -- and since completely retracted -- by Dan Olsen.

1. Wait, who is Dan Olsen?

Olsen is a journeyman golfer who has made $137,832 more than you have on the PGA Tour. He has one top-25 finish (at the 2004 Chrysler Classic of Tucson) and hasn't played an event since he shot 77-78 at the 2011 PGA Championship.

These days, Olsen is apparently an instructor (162 likes on his Facebook page!) who charges $99 for three lessons (what a deal!).

He used to sell Christmas trees and was married to a woman named Margarita. So many things here.

2. One month would not be normal for a PGA Tour PED suspension.

Olsen was claiming something along the lines of a PED suspension for Woods. The PGA Tour says it discloses all performance-enhancing drug-related suspensions (more on this in a minute).

There have been two thus far since 2009 and both got a one-year suspension. There has never really been such a thing as a one-month suspension for PEDs.

3. Olsen seems like a classy dude.

Olsen was once asked what he would do if he won the 2011 PGA Championship.

"I’d sober up just in time to enter the Masters," he replied.

You can purchase a Pinnacle ball signed by him on eBay for $14.99.

4. What does Vijay Singh have to do with this?

Singh was originally suspended for using deer antler spray before that suspension was lifted. He subsequently sued the PGA Tour and is trying to dig up dirt that the Tour simply suspends whoever they want to suspend whenever they want to suspend them.

5. What does Tim Finchem have to do with this?

According to this Sports Illustrated report from Michael Bamberger, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem is the sole executioner when it comes to dishing out (or not dishing out) PED punishment.

So yes, the PGA Tour is required to disclose a suspension when one is handed out for PEDs but not necessarily required to hand out a related suspension.

This is a little disconcerting and probably the biggest reason for the Singh legal turmoil. Unfortunately for him (and for the public?), it doesn't look like he's going to get access to documents that would show if the PGA Tour has ever covered up a drug test.

6. This isn't the first time Tiger Woods has been linked to PEDs

In 2014, Woods was linked with Alex Rodriguez's old doctor, Anthony Galea, and even paid him $200,000 over the course of two years. 

These incidents don't appear to be a big deal in isolation but when you start stacking them up...

Ultimately, I don't think anything comes of all of this. A has-been (that might be generous) is throwing crap at the Big Cat wall and seeing if it sticks.

He hit the "Lance Armstrong" and "testosterone" buzz words (you missed "Barry Bonds" in your PED bingo, Dan!), and the story got picked up nationally.

Even if Woods was suspended underground by the PGA Tour for a month, this isn't how it would have gone down.

There's too much fanfare around Woods right now for the PGA Tour to even think about risking something like that.

If something like this were to happen -- based on that Bamberger report it isn't necessarily out of the realm of possibility -- it would have taken place in a much quieter manner than Woods bailing out of the Farmers Insurance Open and skipping the Honda Classic.

If the PGA Tour is given that sort of discretion when it comes to drug suspensions, then I presume they can be retroactively applied (or applied in the future) and that's how this one would have happened.

And that's a really, really big if.

If Tiger Woods was taking PEDs, they weren't helping. (Getty Images)
If Tiger Woods was taking PEDs, they weren't helping. (Getty Images)

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