ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – In June, when the PGA Tour announced it would add blood testing to his anti-doping program there were plenty of questions.
When would players be tested?
How invasive are the tests?
Would a test somehow impact a player’s ability to swing the golf club?
Those questions are slowly being answered.
On Tuesday at the RSM Classic, defending champion Mac Hughes had his first experience with the new blood testing procedures.
“I didn’t even know. When I was going to my test I thought it was a urine test,” said Hughes, who added this was the first time he’d been blood tested on Tour.