Tweets of the Day: May 2, 2012

• By Ryan Ballengee
• May 2, 2012 10:40 AM ET

The golf world uses Twitter to share news and offer a glimpse into players’ lives and thoughts. Here are the best tweets from the past 24 hours.

You can nominate your favorites from the day as well by re-tweeting the best 140-character dispatches with the hashtag #GCTOTD.

Following in the footsteps of the Northern Trust Open offering an exemption to Jason Gore thanks to a Twitter campaign, the HP Byron Nelson Championship made an exemption offer on Twitter.

@hpbnc Hey @Andres_Gonzales want to come to Texas? How 'bout May 14-20 for #HPBNC? The fans have spoken and they want you here!

Gonzales is a winner this season on the Nationwide Tour and had a PGA Tour card last year.

Kyle Stanley has a hot ride this week for the Wells Fargo Championship.

@Kylestanleygolf Shouldn't take me long to get to the course this week! http://t.co/kslYkjkS

Rory McIlroy got to spend some time with "Flying Tomato" Shaun White yesterday.

@McIlroyRory Did a commercial today for St. Jude children's hospital w/ @Shaun_White and a 7 year old boy called Dawson. #inspiring http://t.co/fGhl3sJt

Sophie Gustafson offers a hard truth about poker.

@SophieGustafson When U get reduced to being dealer after 15 min of poker, U r no good. Still prefer dealer to cocktail waitress.

Kris Blanks is excited by his gallery this morning in the pro-am at the Wells Fargo Championship.

@krisblanks Can't believe all the people out early this morning to watch me play. I'm sure playing between @TigerWoods and @RickieFowlerPGA helps!!