Golf-McDowell suspended by LIV Golf for violating anti-doping policy

FILE PHOTO: Golf - LIV Golf Invitational - London - Centurion Golf Club, St Albans, Britain - July 5, 2023 Cleeks GC's Graeme McDowell talks to the media during a practice round Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs/File Photo

(Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell has been suspended for one tournament and fined $125,000 by LIV Golf on Sunday for violating the Saudi Arabia-backed circuit's anti-doping policy.

According to LIV Golf, McDowell's violation occurred in June at the league's Nashville event after the Northern Irishman took a decongestant medicine that included a banned substance called R-methamphetamine.