Now golfers apparently cheat too
Former legend Gary Player is saying he knows of at least one golfer who has used steroids and is calling for more organizations to implement random drug-testing.
“One guy told me — I took an oath prior to him telling me — but he told me what he did and I could see this massive change in him,” said the 71-year-old Hall of Famer and winner of nine majors. “And somebody else told me something I also promised I wouldn’t tell, that verified others had done it.”
Is anybody honest anymore? Good lord, isn’t this how it all started in baseball? Ken Caminiti “broke” the story that MLB players were on the juice, then wacko Jose Canseco wrote a book, and now nobody can enjoy a home run anymore without thinking, “Is that dude on roids?”
At least now I know why my golf game has sucked for years – I’m not juicing! Either that or I’m just not that good, but that’s just preposterous.
Player also said: “Whether it’s HGH, whether it’s Creatine or whether it’s steroids, I know for a fact that some golfers are doing it.”
Creatine? Since when has Creatine been in the same class as steroids? Player needs to get some education on creatine.
“Creatine is a naturally occurring crystalline molecule that includes atoms of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen (C4H9N3O2). Creatine plays a vital role in the release of energy in the muscles of humans and other animals. Creatine also plays an important role in nerve cell function. ”
(From: http://www.primev.com/Creatine.htm)
Amen to that Bill….People are just plain ignorant
Good call Bill, I went right over that quote when I first did the post.
I remember when SI.com did a whole spread about 8-10 years ago about the new “mystery” supplement in baseball, creatine. Everybody is on it…what is it?…how many players are using it? Etc…
Most people didn’t know that creatine is already found in your body…EVERYONE’S body.
Creatine is found in your body however it’s also an enhancement when use with steroids and has some steroid like effects when you work out. Give the old guy a break…it’s all the same to him. The only juice he used was a bottle of scotch and a pack of marlboros.
Hey, andro was legal too when McGwire used it and I believe that is supposed to be similar to creatine. Aren’t growth hormones found in your body too?
I’m no expert but it’s all crap to me, just like it probably is to Player.
Sports is turning to crap more and more everyday ……… When will we stop rooting – and just start watching ? We might as well just grab a beer and watch – why be a fan, when most atheletes don’t give a crap about us anyway? Geez, I’m statrting to think they are all in it for the money …. Dah,
Yeah but T-Bone, just because it’s “all new” to Player, doesn’t make his comments acceptable. He made a pretty blanket statement when he lumped creatine in with HGH and steroids in general. Of course creatine could supplement steroids – so could orange juice and a multi-vitamin. If Woods was on steroids, Palmer was on HGH and Furyk was on creatine, Woods and Palmer would have some explaining to do to drug testers while nobody would blink an eye at Furyk.
Yes, growth hormones are found in the body as well. However, if you inject a whole mess of growth hormones into your body and hit the weights hard, you’re coming out of the oven looking like the San Fran version of Barry Bonds. If you take a whole mess of creatine and hit the weights hard, there’s a good chance you’re still going to resemble the Pittsburgh version of Barry or at the very best, still half the size of the SF Barry.
If creatine gave the same effect as HGH or steroids, we wouldn’t be accusing Bonds of tarnishing baseball’s most coveted record. Rite Aid sells creatine off its shelves; last time I checked, HGH wasn’t sitting there next to it.