Nothing To See Here, Move Along Files: Tiger PED Suspension

I'm a little surprised how many people found even a shred of credibility in former tour player Dan Olsen's comments to Lansing, Michigan's WVFN-AM suggesting Tiger was serving a suspension for PED usage.

Besides the loopy description of his source (worth listening to just for the giggle), things crumbled fast when Olsen mentioned a one-month term. The interviewer should have asked if there was such thing in the PGA Tour's drug policy guidelines (there is not).

Anyway, this kind of stuff certainly will always be out there when Dr. Anthony Galea made 14 in-house visits, but you'd like to think WVFN would have been more discerning.

Olsen has retracted "the entire interview" and apologized to Tiger, Nike, Phil, Tim Finchem and Brian Williams. Well, four out of those five.

Steve DiMeglio of USA Today with agent Mark Steinberg's rebuttal, the PGA Tour's statement and Olsen's retraction.

"These claims are absolutely, unequivocally and completely false," agent Mark Steinberg said. "They are unsourced, unverified and completely ridiculous."

Olsen issued a retraction Monday on the web site of WVFN-AM in Lansing, Mich. "I retract the entire interview," Olsen said in a statement. "My comments were ill-advised. I want to apologize to Nike, the PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Tim Finchem."

There are some fun stories floating around about Olsen and the Commish. If I can get a couple of more sources, I'll do my best to share! But for now, he should go back to his birther and truther DG's.