Golfer Barron banned for doping

MIAMI (Reuters) - American Doug Barron became on Monday the first golfer to receive a ban for taking a performance-enhancing drug.

In a statement the PGA Tour said Barron, 40, had been suspended for a year for violating its anti-doping policy. It did not name the drug.

(Writing by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by John Mehaffey)