Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl
Ian Poulter is fast making a name for himself, elbowing his way into the golf consciousness Tweet by goading Tweet. Latest in his sights: some guy who goes by the Twitter handle @tigerwoods.
Seems that Poulter and this “Tiger Woods” fellow had a bit of a friendly back-and-forth on the putting green Tuesday prior to this weekend’s Chevron World Challenge. Poulter, coming off his bizarre little rules violation in Dubai, recounted the following exchange to a Twitter friend by the name of @westwoodlee:
Tiger called across the putting green today & said don’t you know know how to mark ur ball, I said settle down No 2.
Ooooh! Burn! Even if we have to supply the punctuation ourselves! Woods, meanwhile, learned his way around this Twitter thing, responding to fans’ replies on various subjects (What he eats during rounds: peanut butter and banana sandwiches, almonds; his favorite course: St. Andrews; what he’d be playing if he weren’t playing golf: basketball).
Thing is, Poulter also might have to eat his words if everything breaks Tiger’s way. If Woods is able to win this weekend and Westwood finishes outside the top 2 at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa, Woods could actually reclaim the No. 1 spot.
It’d be sweet redemption, certainly, as the Chevron was the first event Woods had to cancel on last year. And although the chances of that are slim — Woods’ game has shown no signs of being near a winning level just yet — it’s still out there. And anything that can shut Poulter up is just fine with us.
