The lawyers for Doug Barron filed a civil suit in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday to block the one-year suspension that was given at the start of this month by the PGA Tour because of a failed drug test.
Barron has been in poor health in recent years and hasn't played on the PGA Tour since 2006. The suit claims that the medicines that were found in his system were prescribed by his doctor to treat a heart problem (anxiety) and an abnormally low testosterone level (a condition for which Shaun Micheel has been treated). Barron claimed that, "I've never tried to gain any advantage over my peers." The suit was originally filed in the Tennessee Chancery Court, but then was moved to the federal court because Barron wants to play in next week's second stage of Q School.
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