IOC chief urges U.S. golf tour to fall in line with WADA

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By Martyn Herman ST ANDREWS, Scotland, July 18 (Reuters) - Golf was urged to fully adhere to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code on Saturday by the IOC president who also said players must accept Olympic-standard testing in the build-up to Rio 2016. The U.S. PGA Tour runs its own anti-doping program but is not fully compliant with the WADA code. "The athletes...will have to accept the Olympic standards during the next year prior to the Games and of course during the Games the first five will be tested on top of the random-testing and the targeted-testing during the Olympic period," Thomas Bach told a news conference at the 144th British Open.

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