Tweeting allowed (as long as no-one

sings about team tactics)

FROM THE SCOTSMAN.COM WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell are both being allowed to continue tweeting at Celtic Manor - provided they don't reveal anything that has been said behind closed doors in the European team room.
As 'Twittergate' rumbled on yesterday in the build up to the start of the biennial event on Friday, Colin Montgomerie showed his frustration over the side issue before clarifying the position regarding his players.
"I thought I was the captain of a golf team, not the captain of a tweeting organisation," said the Scot when it was pointed out to him that, despite both captains having said on Monday that they had asked players not to use social networking sites this week, Poulter had still been tweeting.
"However, let's get this cleared up. Tweeting has not been banned. I think banning things is very dangerous. What I have asked for is respect to be shown for what is said within the team room.

"They can do whatever they have to do elsewhere regarding their thoughts and what have you but whatever is said within that team room stays within that team room. They respect that decision."

Concurring with his captain, Poulter said he had no complaints about the request.
"What is said in the team room stays there and that's absolutely fine," remarked the Englishman, who insisted he hadn't had to twist Montgomerie's arm to "do the odd tweet".
McDowell, another well-known tweeter in the European team, added: "I think we all realise that social networking sites go straight into the papers and there have been some pretty famous mistakes made in Twitter in the past few months.
"But we are all adults and it goes without saying that we would not say something that would unduly effect our team or give any strategy, secrets or tactics away."
Poulter revealed he is happy with the clothing that has been picked by Montgomerie this week, despite the Americans being the more colourful of the two teams on the first day of practice.
"Absolutely perfect," he replied when asked if he approved of the Scot's sense of style. "There's some pink in there somewhere during the week, so I'm happy!"
According to McDowell, the European captain is also saying and doing the right things in the team room, the US Open champion admitting he'd certainly been motivated during the first team meeting on Monday night.
"Monty made a nice speech and everyone got fired up," he said. "Colin has been a phenomenal captain. He's been very meticulous in his preparation and the team room has a good atmosphere to it already."
Yesterday, McDowell joined forces with fellow Ulsterman Rory McIlroy to exact a measure of revenge on the Molinari brothers. "They beat us in the World Cup last November but today we won the money," he revealed.
Poulter also found himself forking out cash. "I've got nothing left thanks to Luke (Donald] and Padraig (Harrington]," he said after losing to that pair along with Ross Fisher.