After PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem reversed his field Wednesday and called for a united effort from golf's ruling organizations to test for drugs, the chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency said he was pleased Finchem chose to stop sitting on the sideline.

"I think this is a big forward step for Tim Finchem and the PGA Tour," said Dick Pound, chief of WADA. "Whether he's trying to recapture the lead or not, he lost an opportunity to lead before and he's been left out.

"I applaud him for doing it. You know what it's like when you have to turn yourself completely around."

Finchem said that drug testing in sports is a reality and that golf organizations around the world should work together to come up with rules that could lead to tests for performance-enhancing drugs.