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LIV Golf Suspends Graeme McDowell for Banned Substance in Medicine

Graeme McDowell will serve a one-tournament suspension this week for violating LIV Golf's anti-doping policy. | Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports

Graeme McDowell, the 2010 U.S. Open champion who plays for LIV Golf, has been suspended for this week’s event in Greenbrier and fined $125,000 because he violated the league’s anti-doping policy.

The violation occurred during the league’s Nashville event in June and LIV Golf announced that the golfer had taken a decongestant medicine which included a banned substance called R-methamphetamine.

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