Prez Cup Twitterers, Facebookers Beware: PGA Tour Is Coming To Get You!

Robert Grant reports that Australian fans hoping to Tweet and post vital messages about attending the Presidents Cup about having just seen Adam Scott use a drinking fountain, need to think twice before hitting send. Little men in suits will be monitoring you and tracking you down (if only they were that organized!).

While a wrangle over accreditation has led to the strong possibility mainstream media will not provide coverage, in a first for this country, organiser the US PGA Tour is set to crack down on ticket-holders.

The PGA Tour could employ under-cover representatives to try to prevent spectators tweeting or emailing information and photos from Royal Melbourne, according to the Newspaper Publishers' Association.
Advertisement: Story continues below

Association chief executive Mark Hollands told AAP on Thursday people at the tournament need to check closely to see what they can and cannot pass on via social media.

"After a conversation I had with the PGA in the United States, I was left with the impression there would be people on the golf course who would be looking out for twitterers, Facebookers ...," Hollands said.

"This is sport trying to control the internet - it's about everyone."

Hollands said there was now a growing cabal of international sports swapping accreditation terms and the issues would only snowball.

He said the US PGA Tour "take the attitude that they are a sports rights organisation who hold a golf tournament".

I believe that's what they are, no?