Twitter Ban By Ryder Cup Captains
– Cardiff – Celtic Manor Hotel and Country Club
Only days before the start of the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor, the captains have issued a stern warning to players that they must refrain from using any type of social networking site during the competition, which included Twitter.
That is hardly surprising considering the ‘unwritten’ law of the game of golf, and that mobile devices should not be used on the course and any player caught using one by the club captain, will be fined.
May be they should ban the twittering scenario from all pro sports men and women, so they can concentrate on the situation in hand without having to tell the world and his dog what is happening on the inside of those four walls?
The story behind the captains placing a ban on social networking broke shortly after Kevin Pietersen was dragged over the coals for using Twitter to release the news that he had been dropped from the side in the Twenty20 series against Pakistan. 
Mean while, Ian Poulter who regurlaly sends out Tweets from the course, had to remove one this week which basically said that he had been evacuated fro his room at the Celtic Manor Hotel due to a fire alarm, and called it “a shocker.”
The American’s flew into Cardiff yesterday morning in preperation for Friday’s start. But, as soon as they had arrived at the Celtic Manor course, Cory Pavin and his English counterpart revealed that they had requested players not to engage in social networking till at least after the event.
Monty said; ‘It’s not a ban as such because if somebody does it, how can you punish them for it? I have just asked my team not to and they have said, ‘okay, that’s fine, we’ll start tweetering or twittering again on Monday, 4 October’.
