Pre-State Farm Player Meeting
by hound dog on Jun 4, 2009 4:27 AM PDT
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I had read on the Twitter wire that there was a mandatory player meeting in Springfield on Tuesday. Since the last meeting was somewhat ballyhooed, I was surprised to not see any mention of it around the web. At her blog, Louise Friberg gave me the first indication of what went on.
Yesterday we had a mandatory player meeting. There was nothing out of the ordinary…reminders of the rules such as pace of play and other rules that concerns play and practice areas….then we got some non detailed information about what it looks like for next year. They cannot really tell us specifics of each tournament and its contracts but as far as I know from yesterday it looks good for next year, despite the economic circumstances we are faced with.
Not much to go on there, but at least the Tour officials are still spinning positives about 2010. Better than the alternative.
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hounddog, what the heck are you doing?
I noted this morning that you had asked some players on the LPGA Tour to send "tweets" on Twitter during their rounds and I am stunned that you would promote such activity!
I find it hard to understand that you can not understand how much of a distraction "tweeting" during a round can be to these players. The LPGA is a business and these girls are there to try and make a living playing golf NOT tweeting. The golf course is their office!
When I turn on an LPGA event I want to see top athletes participating in their chosen profession at the highest levels, not some woman staring intently at her blackberry while pounding out useless message after useless message about how her performance stinks because she doesn’t seem to be able to focus on her job…
So far, the ONLY useful "tweet" I have noted was from Paula Creamer and was posted BEFORE her round started. It read, "I will not be twittering in my round. It should not happen in any sport. The players have already told the tour no way."
A disgruntled hounddog LPGA fan
I only asked Christina Kim to do it
and she said she didn’t think she was allowed to. I saw Paula and Morgan say they wouldn’t either. I understand their reluctance but I also believe that some player is going to do it eventually. I figured the sooner somebody breaks through and sends a tweet during a round, the sooner we could get over the cataclysmic shock of it all.
Every one of those tweets you saw of mine I sent while I was at my real job. Are you aghast that I would engage in such a trivial waste of time while making my living? How could I possibly have allowed myself to be distracted from my daily chores long enough to send three messages via Twitter?
I want to see those top athletes perform when I watch them just as much as you do. I also know that a great deal of a professional golfer’s round consists of dead time. Nobody complains when they see a player sneak a bite of an energy bar or runs to the port-a-potty between holes or chats with a spectator while they are waiting at a tee box and they shouldn’t complain if they want to send a tweet or an e-mail or make a phone call while they wait.
The “value” of Twitter is still up in the air as far as I’m concerned but I think the notion that players tweeting during a round would be a horrible thing is a very shortsighted one.
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