Probably the maximum super of Twitter golfers to rhapsody at the social media channel, Ian Poulter, currently stung again about his decision to stay out of this 12 months's BMW PGA Championship based on a less-than-stellar track report on the occasion.
Stewart Cink, well-known for his use of Twitter, posts day by day, most these days dishing approximately his bum rap at now not gambling in The Masters with a fantastic spin of traveling in the Riviera Maya together with his spouse Lisa and returning domestic to watch the match on his logo, new 4K TV.
Do you think that player social media chat helps, or hurts golf? Do fans appreciate the openness and connectivity of their heroes, of reporters and golf's most outspoken characters or would they prefer a bit more ...detachment.
Fans must love the connectivity because guys like Cink pull in huge audiences. Cink currently has 1.12 million followers while Poulter has a whopping 1.87 million devotees but, is the intimacy good for the sport or is it better to just see the facade put on for the viewing audience?
Yes, pro golfers are active on Twitter and reporters and large business concerns are also quick to criticize, and make public, the sports' highs...and low. Golf Digest recently pointed out that ESPN Sports Business reporter Darren Rovell's comments about the state of the game might not be a "complete picture", noting that "the true picture is larger than 140 characters."
Before the inflow of social connectivity, there was an air of mystique about the sport, players, their lives, their mind of tournaments and of different excursion gamers (unless a author became told a few juicy off-the-cuff tidbits). Fast ahead to our technological society complete with smartphones dangling from nearly everybody's pocket and the sky's the restrict for a lot of these players in addition to for his or her lovers to peer and to remark upon.
In the case of fallen quantity-one global golfer Tiger Woods. Fanatics were given to peer Woods' non-public debacle spread ...The easy crispy hero was failure earlier than our eyes, thanks, in element, to media and social media.
If no longer for his public outing, Tiger may have damaged all data by way of now.
The media helped take the untouchable Tiger out of his winning rhythm...but, never fear! The PGA Tour announced on their website that Woods told Nicklaus he would be playing in the Memorial...websites add even more social fodder to the social world.
Tiger to Nicklaus: "See you in May. I'll be at the Memorial." http://t.Co/QJr5EqWdw4 p.C.Twitter.Com/Fm6ByJk3Mx
? PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 23, 2015
For Poulter, Dufner and others, the social connection offers them a chance to vent, facilitates their sponsors...And advertises to the public in which to buy their books, apparel and extra, further turning the machine.
Twitter seems to be the avenue of choice for celebrities, pro-sports stars including golfers, PGA Tour and LPGAto connect with audiences because of its quick and easy platform, which is why I have used this avenue in my examples.
Where does all of it cross from here? We as a people are transferring forward and it looks like social connectivity is right here to live, at the least until the next huge factor comes along. What is your opinion? Do you follow and interact along with your favored golfers on social media? Do you observed we are dwelling in an age of an excessive amount of facts?
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