Patel banned one year by PGA Tour for doping

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(Reuters) - Little-known American golfer Bhavik Patel has been banned by the PGA Tour for one year after violating its anti-doping policy on the use of performance-enhancing substances, the PGA Tour said on Wednesday. Patel, who competed on the lower-tier Web.com Tour in 2013 and 2014, accepted a provisional suspension last year and will be eligible to return to competition on Oct. 7. "In an effort to overcome an injury, I made a lapse of judgment," Patel, a 24-year-old from Bakersfield in California who turned professional in 2012, said in a statement. ...

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