Welcome to Jmart » Stewart Cink http://welcometojmart.com Josh Martin's Blog on Social & Emerging Media Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Golf + Social Media = Awesomeness http://welcometojmart.com/2010/07/golf-social-media-awesomeness/ http://welcometojmart.com/2010/07/golf-social-media-awesomeness/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:32:40 +0000 Josh http://welcometojmart.com/?p=1214 One of the things I love about social media and sports is how it brings fans closer to the game/athletes. I’m a huge golf fanatic (if you’re a golf fan, be sure to check out my golf blog at iLikeBigPutts.com or follow me  @iLikeBigPutts) and one of the pro golfers that I follow on Twitter is Stewart Cink. He was one of the first golfers to embrace Twitter and has over 1 million followers.

Cink’s major sponsor, Nike Golf, came up with a brilliant idea in preparation for his title-defense at the British Open this past weekend: decorate his golf bag with tweets from his fans and followers. Nike asked users to submit their messages on Twitter and Cink selected his favorites to display on his golf bag.

What do you think of the mix of social media and sports? Do you follow sports stars on social media channels?

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