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LPGA Tour Commissioner Advocates Tweeting on Golf Course

by Caleb Johnson on June 7, 2009 at 03:18 PM



Golf is a game steeped in tradition and etiquette. The quietest whisper or flash of a camera is usually met with piercing stares and clenched jaws, from players and fans both. So we are shocked to see LPGA Tour Commissioner Carolyn Bivens telling Bloomberg she would like to encourage golfers to use their cell phones to tweet while on the course. Bivens explained she wants golfers to use social-media tools, like Facebook and Twitter, to engage fans during rounds.

Though it appears that everyone is losing sponsors, the LPGA has been hit especially hard. The association even canceled a storied tournament in April, according to a report from Mashable. But tweeting while playing golf? Perhaps a bit much, since athletes are usually discouraged from mid-game updates. In March, NBA forward Charlie Villanueva drew the ire of sports and media personalities across the country for sending a tweet from his cell phone during halftime.




No surprise then that some golfers are not seeing eye-to-eye with Bivins. Paula Creamer, the "Pink Panther" of golf, tweeted, "I will not be twittering in my round. It should not happen in any sport..." Morgan Pressel, another golfer, also broadcasted, "Thanks for the luck and NO I will not be tweeting while I play..."

So it looks like LPGA play will remain Twitter-free for now. We love following our favorite athletes, but when they are competing we would rather see them 100 percent focused on the task at hand. [From Bloomberg, via Mashable]

Tags: cell phone, CellPhone, golf, microblogging, sports, top, twitter, web2.0

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