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PGA Tour player Robert Garrigus, best known for his long drives and knee-high putter, said he -- along with other unnamed players on the Nationwide Tour -- smoked marijuana during tournament rounds in 2002, according to an interview published on Golf Digest's web site.
"Oh yeah, there were plenty of guys on the Nationwide Tour who smoked in the middle of the round," Garrigus told Golf Digest in a story headlined "The Reclamation of Robert Garrigus." The PGA Tour did not institute drug testing until six years later.
"We always talked about it. You could go in the Porta John and take your drags," he said.
Garrigus, however, believes his own drug problems turned around his life.
"I had a very high tolerance, and I didn't know that it wasn't helping me," he told the magazine. "All you're thinking is that it feels good, so it must be good for what you're doing. It wasn't until I quit that I realized how stupid it was. But I don't regret any of it because it put me on the path I'm on now."
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"Oh yeah, there were plenty of guys on the Nationwide Tour who smoked in the middle of the round," Garrigus told Golf Digest in a story headlined "The Reclamation of Robert Garrigus." The PGA Tour did not institute drug testing until six years later.
"We always talked about it. You could go in the Porta John and take your drags," he said.
Garrigus, however, believes his own drug problems turned around his life.
"I had a very high tolerance, and I didn't know that it wasn't helping me," he told the magazine. "All you're thinking is that it feels good, so it must be good for what you're doing. It wasn't until I quit that I realized how stupid it was. But I don't regret any of it because it put me on the path I'm on now."
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