Must Read: "Threat of stalkers, trolls makes social media complicated for LPGA players"
/Beth Ann Nichols files a Golfweek.com eye-opener on the social media ramifications for LPGA Tour players.
From the security issues to sponsorship opportunities won and lost, it's a fascinating look into the risks players take in sharing more about their lives.
Just one of the many revealing bits from LPGA Tour Security Director Joe Funk, who says he spends about 60 percent of his time tackling social media related issues for players.
Funk also warns against players posting too much private information about their schedules. Geotags, for example, make public the real-time GPS location of a player’s whereabouts.
Though in the case of four-time winner Wie, something as innocuous as a Tweet about a sunrise practice session at the LPGA stop in Portland, Ore., a few years back turned alarmingly bizarre.
It didn’t take long for security to notice the man in the powder blue suit and floppy hat at 6 a.m. Turns out he took a bus from Iowa to Portland to propose to Wie.
“We took him to the hotel and put him on a bus back to Iowa,” Funk said. The man showed up once more in Rochester, N.Y., but hasn’t been heard from since.