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No tweet zone: McLachlin breaks rule

By Jason Sobel
ESPN.com

Monday, October 26, 2009

Golfer Parker McLachlin posted a comment to Twitter during the final round of the Frys.com Open on Sunday, unknowingly breaking a PGA Tour rule prohibiting the use of electronic devices during competition. Monday, the three-year veteran received a phone call from Rick George, executive vice president and chief of operations for the PGA Tour, who told him that the tweet violated Tour policy. But, according to McLachlin, George said that disciplinary action against the player is unlikely. ...

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