Euro Tweeters Chirping About Twitter Abuse

An unbylined AP story says world No. 1 Lee Westwood is about fed up with the abuse from Twitter psychos, which apparently is relentless and unfortunate.

“It’s just pathetic,” Westwood said. “It’s there to interact with people and give them an idea of stuff they might not ordinarily be able to engage with. But some always take it too far and spoil it.”

Second-ranked Luke Donald said the “negative media” toward Poulter was frustrating, but Donald intended to continue tweeting.

That's a relief.

Graeme McDowell, the fifth-ranked Northern Ireland player, said Twitter abuse “goes with the territory.”

“People open an account and all they want to do is abuse celebrities and sportsmen to try to get a response,” McDowell said. “You try not to encourage them, and generally I just block them, but if you want to stay on it you’re going to have to accept some absolute trash that people talk.

“It’s downright evil, some of the stuff.”