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Honesty is the best policy

'I called a penalty on myself' - PGA tour player hands himself in for doping

Scott Stallings banned after informing the tour he accidentally doped.

A QUITE RARE piece of honesty in sport’s war on drugs.

American golfer Scott Stallings, a three time winner on the PGA tour has been handed a 90 day suspension for violating the tour’s drugs policy, despite not failing a test.

Stallings came forward to the Tour and informed them upon discovering a medication he had been taking contained banned substances.

He had been advised to take the medication DHEA by doctors in Sepember 2014 after undergoing blood tests for increased levels of fatigue, but after discovering that it was on the banned list, he informed the PGA Tour.

What will worry the PGA Tour, however, is that Stallings confirmed he had been drug testsed while taking the medication, but passed.

In an interview with GolfChannel.com, Stallings said that he had no option but to report himself.

“Whether I intended to or not, I took something that wasn’t allowed. I called a penalty on myself, that’s the best way to look at it,” Stallings told GolfChannel.com.

“I did it immediately, so much so it took [the Tour official] by surprise.”

30-year-old Stallings last won on the tour at the 2014 Farmers Insurnce Open, and his 90 day suspension means he is just the second PGA tour player to serve a doping ban, after Doug Barron’s one year suspension in 2009.

You can see the full interview below.

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