Ian Poulter a top-class twitterer

FROM THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER WEBSITE

By JAMES CORRIGAN

Ian Poulter was at Wimbledon yesterday, watching Andy Murray while tapping furiously into his mobile phone. But these were not the ignorant actions of a bored corporate guest, a self-obsessed sportsman even, staying in touch with his wonderful life via text.

Here was a diligent twitterer, keeping his 130,000 followers up to date with events on Centre Court.
Poulter is just the latest high-profile sportsman to sign up to the social networking service. But already, just two weeks into the pursuit he calls "my newest addiction", he is adjudged to be one of the most accomplished of the superstar micro-bloggers.
At the recent US Open, Poulter did not play well enough to crack the top 10, but he did tweet well enough to make it into the top five of the "Sports Twitter Rankings."

CNBC, the American news network, issues monthly ratings for this burgeoning genre, and they highly rated Poulter's offerings from a soaking Bethpage, which, they said, set him in a different class from other twittering golfers such as John Daly and Michelle Wie.

+Perhaps Poulter is a frustrated sportswriter?