Thursday, February 05, 2015


TOP SOUTH AFRICAN AMATEUR SUSPENDED FOR


ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATION

The International Golf Federation issued the following statement regarding the suspension of South African amateur, Christiaan Bezuidenhout:

Lausanne, SWITZERLAND – The International Golf Federation announced today that Mr Christiaan Bezuidenhout has been found to have committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1 of the 2014 International Golf Federation viAnti-Doping Policy (presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample).
The IGF Anti-Doping Hearing Panel concluded that an appropriate sanction would be a period of nine (9) months. Subject to 10.9.1 of the Policy, the Panel found that Mr Bezuidenhout’s sanction shall start on 16 June 2014, the date of the sample collection.
Mr Bezuidenhout shall receive credit against his ineligibility period from 16 June 2014 to 30 January 2015, the date of the decision made by the Panel. 

Mr Bezuidenhout shall continue to be ineligible from 30 January 2015, the date of the Panel’s decision, until 16 March 2015, the date on which his ineligibility period shall expire.
The results, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes, from any competition that Mr Bezuidenhout participated in, from 16 June 2014 to 1 September 2014 shall be disqualified.
The IGF will have no further comment on the sanction at this point in time.



FROM OUR SOUTH AFRICAN CORRESPONDENT
Christiaan was the number one ranked amateur in South Africa at the time of his suspension.
He has been using the same medication that contained the Beta Blockers since childhood for a nervous affliction (he stutters). , However, neither he nor his parents thought to list this under chronic mediation when he entered the British Amateur.
He won a number of tournaments in 2013 to vault to the number one spot and held the top spot all season until his suspension.

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