Twitter users: Phil Mickelson needs your help (update: Fakery warning)

I’m a pretty new user to Twitter, but luckily I got some helpful hints from WorldGolf.com resident Twitterologist Brandon Tucker. Now if only Phil Mickelson can get some help.

Here are Mickelson’s “Tweets” thus far:

Hello all!

Trying to figure this thing out!

@rainn I am following you?

@rainnwilson I am following you?

@the_real_shaq Now Shaq I am a huge fan!

OK have fun with The Masters today!

@stewartcink Seems like you know what you’re doing! How do I increase my followers :) ?

So while it’s possible this isn’t the real Phil Mickelson (Twitter is rampant with fakes), it’s still pretty funny and, dare I say, cute. So if you’re a Twitterer (you hear me Golf Girl?) go give Lefty (or faux Lefty) a hand.

Oh, and you can find me Twittering away here.

Update: Well, so much for the cuteness factor. This recent tweet is a pretty strong giveaway that it’s a fraud:

Thanks for all the follows! Can you help me get to 20,000 this week? LET’S GO!!!

Sorry, for the life of me I can’t imagine why Phil Mickelson would give a rat’s behind how many followers he has. Or why someone so new to Twitter would want 20,000 followers. So, unless I miraculously get a call from Lefty or his management team, my call is that it’s a fake. Sorry about that.

Update 2: Of course, using a fake name on Twitter rates about a .000001 on the Madoff Fraud scale, or .001 on the Martin Eisenstadt scale, so keep your torches and pitchforks where they are.

–WKW