A new book alleges Tiger Woods had more than 60 meetings with Canadian
sports doctor Anthony Galea and his partners in 2008 and 2009.
"Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis and the Quest to End
Baseball's Steroid Era", a new book co-authored by Tim Elfrink of
the Miami New Times and Gus-Garcia Roberts of Newsday, claimed Galea
and partner Mark Lindsay separately visited Woods regularly
following left knee surgery shortly after the 2008 U.S. Open.
Galea was charged in Buffalo in 2010 with unlawful distribution of
drugs, including human growth hormone (HGH), to NFL players. He
reached a plea deal in 2011 that forced him to cooperate with
Canadian investigators who had raised similar charges.
The book, citing the Florida Department of Health, outlined that
Lindsay, an associate of Galea's who also treated Rodriguez, visited
Woods' 49 times from September 2008 to October 2009 and charged
Woods' $118,979.
Galea, described as a healing specialist, made 14 separate visits
from January 2009 to August 2009.
Previously, only four or five visits had been reported.
Rodriguez and Woods also discussed "cutting-edge techniques of the
two Canadian physicians treating both of them at the same time"
according to the book.
Woods' former swing coach, Hank Haney, is not aligned with the
golfing great and remains a critic but told the Golf Channel that
Woods never took performance-enhancing drugs.
"I was there and watched the whole procedure," Haney said. "There
was never anything that went into Tiger Woods's body that didn't
come out of his body. They take blood out, they spin it, they inject
the plasma back in. I totally believe that Tiger Woods has never
taken any performance-enhancing drugs."
