Westwood baits poulter on twitter

Lee Westwod has been baiting Ian Poulter over his one-shot penalty in a playoff at Sunday’s Dubai World Championship,

The World No.1 has taken to Twitter, following in the footsteps of Poults who now has over a million followers.

Along with Paul Casey, Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell, they’ve been winding each other up like friends in the playground.

Westwood tweeted: “Shall we send poults over for the toss at the next test? He seems quite good at it!” Then added: “I’ve got twitpic. If it’s good enough for sparrow legs Dubai tiddlywink champ, it’s good enough for me!”

Poulter dropped his ball onto his marker on the second playoff hole in Dubai. The marker flipped over, and Poults was handed a one-shot penalty, handing Robert Karlsson the title.

Westwood’s opening gambit on Twitter set the tone for things to come. His dry wit shone through from the outset with the Twit King Poulter his target. “Couldn’t let Poulter have all the fun on here,” he tweeted. “And when Tiger joined I couldn’t let it just be him and Tiger.”

Poulter’s comment a few years ago about taking on Tiger Woods in the world rankings just keeps coming back to haunt him. And Westwood hadn’t quite finished with his fellow countryman. “I’m delighted a Twitter god like yourself follows me so closely! Didn’t see you in the gym sparrow legs!”

Next up on Westwood’s hit list was McIlroy. And the Northern Irishman’s new blond hair hadn’t gone unnoticed. “Just pleased I wasn’t stood next to you when that flock of sea gulls flew over!” Westwood tweeted.

The Englishman explained why he could no longer resist this 140-character craze. “It’s a good way of interacting. I’ve always had a pretty good sense of humor, but it’s impossible to show it on the course.”

Westwood’s sardonic way with words is perfect for this bite-sized arena. “Paul Casey has just given me a bear hug! He doesn’t know how dangerous that is after the chillis I’ve had!”

Westwood asked a question and got a deluge of answers, too, from his 31,196 followers (and counting) after 71 tweets. “Can anybody tell me why the moon looks bigger here in Dubai than at home? No I haven’t been drinking before you ask!” he tweeted. Perfect.

And last word, err, tweet, to the World No.1 in Dubai, too. “I think it could be a long night! 1st corona went down quick! Think all the Euro tour tweeters have the same idea!”