Drug Testing Still An Annoyance Tim Finchem Would Like To Fiddle With!

The big takeaway from Tim Finchem's presser Wednesday was his generous comment that a healthy European Tour is in everyone's best interest. But I got a big chuckle out of Finchem's answer on the success of the drug testing program that he initially resisted and only warmed up to when Tiger and IOC rules forced his hand.

On the future of testing:

Now, in terms of the testing level, I suppose at some point in the future, we may look to ways to cut back and save money, but at least for now, we are still new at this, we are still into it and we still recognize that while all of the questions that were raised in the two or three years prior to us testing have turned out to be, you know, not credible problems.

We know by watching other sports, it doesn't take a lot for this kind of stuff to change what people think about the athletes in our sport. So we are not going to change anything right away. But we are monitoring it very carefully.

He'd like to explore saving money but he acknowledges that one little hiccup could impact perception of the brand. Get this man a CEO job!