Van de Velde welcomes long-awaited drug testing

Jean Van de Velde has waited a long time for this week – the week when drug-testing become part and parcel of life on the European Tour.

While best remembered still for his amazing last-hole collapse in the 1999 Open, Van de Velde is a member of the European Tour’s board of directors and has long held the view that golf needs to start probing into whether cheats are playing the game.