LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens says she wouldn’t mind players using social media Web sites during a competitive round.

“I’d love it if players Twittered during the middle of a round,” Bivens said in an interview, according to Bloomberg News. “The new media is very important to the growth of golf and we view it as a positive, and a tool to be used.”

Here’s the full article Bivens Encourages In-Round Updates.

I’m totally on the fence on this issue.. I can see some definite benefits to in round twitter posts but at the same time, I can imagine watching a round and the announcer saying something like, look, there’s Natalie Gulbis on the 17th twittering again..

I am totally PRO twitter (you can follow me @davelair) and I love that so many PGA/LPGA pros are getting onboard with it.

I’m just slightly concerned how this might affect the integrity/image of the game. Now, I’m not one of those stuffy, rigid anti-change golfer dudes, I love the changes that are occuring all across the game. I can’t shake some concerns that in-game mobile device usage could seriously disrupt flow.

Whaddya think? Where do you stand on the in-round twitter usage?

-Dave