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
WorldGolf.com's William K. Wolfrum blogs about everything in the world of golf and travel, including Michelle Wie, Lorena Ochoa, Tiger Woods and other PGA and LPGA headlines. Plus, he offers the humorous and obscure in news, politics and pop culture.
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