15 Apr 2013

Twitter faux pas draw condemnation of Australian PGA

1:27 pm on 15 April 2013

Australia's Professional Golf Association has been criticised over a Tweet hoping that Angel Cabrera would slip up and gift the Masters tournament to one of their golfers.

The PGA of Australia said on Twitter during the final round of the Masters that "we need a mistake from the big hitting Argentine down 13", with Jason Day, Adam Scott and Marc Leishman all contending for a first green jacket for any Australian

Cabrera hit into the creek on the 13th and later bogeyed the hole to fall out of the lead, with Day taking over, though Queensland's Adam Scott won the title in a playoff with Cabrera.

On Twitter, the ruling body for golf in Australia was criticised by a California follower, who said "Really? (hash)badssportsmanship."

The PGA quickly Tweeted a reply: "We shouldn't wish bad luck for anyone and the previous tweet was bad sportsmanship. Clearly let our enthusiasm get in the way."