RYDER CUP CAPTAINS LOWER THE

BOOM ON TWITTER THIS WEEK

Both teams have been banned by their captains from using Twitter and other social networking sites during the Ryder Cup.
Colin Montgomerie and Corey Pavin say there will be a blanket ban in place this week to keep players focused on the three-day competition, which begins on Friday at Celtic Manor.

Pavin says the U.S. team agreed not to use Twitter because "it can be a little bit distracting sometimes."

Montgomerie says "we feel that tweeting and Facebook and all of these social sites ... can get one's self into trouble."
Of the European Ryder Cup team members, Ian Poulter is best known for using Twitter.