Gary Player says sport isn’t clean

Gary Player put steroids at the forefront of the British Open on Wednesday, saying golf has its head buried in a bunker if it thinks the sport is clean, and he knows of one player using performance-enhancing drugs.

The nine-time major champion urged golf organizations to start random testing.

“It’s absolutely essential that we do that,” Player said at Carnoustie, where he won the British Open in 1968. “We’re dreaming if we think it’s not going to come into golf.”

The 71-year-old Player says it already has.

“Whether it’s HGH, whether it’s Creatine or whether it’s steroids, I know for a fact that some golfers are doing it,” he said.

Asked how he knew for certain, he said one golfer told him.

“I took an oath prior to him telling me -- I won’t tell you where -- but he told me what he did, and I could see this massive change in him,” Player said. “And somebody else told me something, that I also promised I wouldn’t tell, that verified others had done it.”