TROON, Scotland – Rory McIlroy says golf still lags behind other sports when it comes to drug testing, even as it returns to the Olympics for the first time in more than a century.
Speaking Tuesday at Royal Troon, McIlroy called for stronger doping tests, including blood testing, to ensure that the sport is clean.
“I think blood testing is something that needs to happen in golf just to make sure that it is a clean sport going forward,” he said. “I think if golf is in the Olympics and golf wants to be seen as a mainstream sport, it has to get in line with the other sports that test more rigorously.