{"id":13278,"date":"2012-06-05T22:06:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T22:06:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-06-05T22:06:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T22:06:35","slug":"LPGA-turns-caddies-into-Twitter-billboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13278","title":{"rendered":"LPGA turns caddies into Twitter billboards"},"content":{"rendered":"

In keeping with their mission to encourage fans to “See Why It’s Different Out Here,”<\/strong> the LPGA tour is going where no tour has gone before.<\/p>\n

Starting today in the pro-am of the Wegmans LPGA Championship and throughout the second major of the season, scores of players will use their caddies as social media billboards.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sensing that Twitter provides a growing and direct pathway for fans to connect and engage with LPGA players, the caddie bibs will feature players’ last names and their Twitter handle.<\/p>\n

There are 119 LPGA players on Twitter, including 93 in this week’s field, including Michelle Wie (@themichellewie), Yani Tseng (@YaniTseng), Jiyai Shin (@sjy1470), Christina Kim (@TheChristinaKim), Angela Stanford (@Angela_Stanford) and Jane Park (@TheJanePark).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Players, however, are not allowed to tweet while playing during tournaments.<\/p>\n

The LPGA, its players and tournaments currently have 1.2 million followers across a variety of social media platforms. Gulbis leads the LPGA with more than 116,000 followers on Twitter, while Creamer has more than 90,000 and Wie more than 82,000.<\/p>\n

The LPGA expects to continue the program at the majority of tournaments on the 2012 schedule<\/p>\n

Photo by Tracy Wilcox<\/em><\/p>\n

via www.usatoday.com<\/a><\/em>
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