Aug 10: Frenchman Marc Farry has become the first European Tour golfer to return a positive drugs test. But he seems certain to escape censure because he had been on a medically prescribed drug used to treat a wrist injury.
Farry was one of six players who undertook the voluntary test during the French Open in Paris in June.
The other five players - Philip Golding, David Howell, Peter O'Malley, Graeme McDowell and Francois Delamontagne - returned negative samples.

Farry's test, conducted by the French Sports Ministry, revealed traces of banned substance Prednisolone, but it is a drug not deemed to be performance enhancing.
Dr Roger Hawkes, the tour's medical advisor, said, "Prednisolone is a type of steroid that can be used for a number of conditions such as asthma, multiple sclerosis and inflammatory diseases of the eyes.

"It is also sometimes used as an anti-inflammatory for certain injuries. This drug is not obviously performance enhancing."
Bureau Report