Gavin Green has been retrospectively suspended by the DP World Tour for three months due to a doping violation late last year.
The DP World Tour has announced that Malaysian golfer Gavin Green was suspended for three months after violating anti-doping regulations. The violation was detected during an end-of-season doping test in 2025.
Prohibited Herbal Supplement Found
According to the European Tour Group, a banned substance was found in Gavin Green’s system, which he ingested as part of a medical treatment in a herbal supplement. The Tour stated that Green fully cooperated with the DP World Tour and did not intentionally take the substance. Nevertheless, the DP World Tour’s anti-doping rules apply, resulting in a suspension.
Gavin Green Receives Retrospective Suspension
Gavin Green’s three-month suspension is retroactive and commenced on December 5, 2025. As such, Green will be eligible to play again starting from the Joburg Open on March 5, 2026. Additionally, he was retrospectively disqualified from the 2025 Danish Golf Championship, where the doping test took place.
The European Tour Group announced it will not comment further on the suspension and confirmed that Green accepted the penalty.
First Malaysian to Win Asian Tour Order of Merit
After several successful years in Asian amateur golf, Green turned professional in 2015 and achieved notable results. His greatest success came in 2017 on the Asian Tour, where he won the Order of Merit, becoming the first Malaysian to do so. On the DP World Tour, he has achieved three runner-up finishes and two third-place finishes in his career.