Westwood may leave Twitter after abuse

World number one golfer Lee Westwood says he is giving serious thought to closing down his Twitter account because of abusive comments sent to him.

Fri, 20 May, 2011 - 18:27

World number one golfer Lee Westwood says he is giving serious thought to closing down his Twitter account because of abusive comments sent to him.

It is something former Open champion Paul Lawrie has already done and US Open champion Graeme McDowell also spoke out tonight about some of the “evil” stuff posted.

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