D.J. Strickland

[Sage Steele @sagesteele]

The hypocrisy is never ending. @1NCRDB1 .. you keep doing you, wearing what you want, representing & worshipping who you want, and be cool with @JaxsonDart doing the same. Diversity of thought, right?! Or is that not a thing in your culture?!?

[Sayon Keita Burner @ItsKeitaTime]

#FireHubertDavis

[Andrew Fillipponi @ThePoniExpress]

Retweet if you think it's time for the Steelers to fire Mike Tomlin.

[STEEL HERE @_STEELHERE]

He’s back

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 NOW: President Trump saw the Marine Corps Silent Platoon practicing on the White House South Lawn, so he invited them into the Oval Office

“Come on in here, fellas!”

No President has cared more about our servicemembers than 47 🇺🇸❤️

[Nick Adams @NickAdamsinUSA]

I am hearing a lot of speculation about why Bryson DeChambeau was not included in a featured group on ESPN's Masters coverage today.

ESPN is owned by the far left ABC and DeChambeau is known to be a very strong pro-Trump athlete.

Need I say more?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This should not be funded by your tax dollars!

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Whoa! In Switzerland, a mobile overpass bridge is used to carry out road work without stopping traffic👏

[Andrew Lokenauth @FluentInFinance]

99% of people don't ask good questions at the end of job interviews.

Here are 10 questions I used to get hired by JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Citi:

[Blain Crain @Blain_Crain]

Powerful message from Scottie Scheffler

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Wow it looks easy like this!

https://t.co/ClH1lDttLk

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

The Masters is one of my favorite sporting events, and its 88-year history brings some great traditions.

Here's a running list of the most interesting facts:

1. Media tickets (badges) have RFID tags inside them so the club knows where each person is at all times.

2. Even players who miss the cut at the Masters still walk away with a $10,000 check.

3. A 5-bedroom home near Augusta will rent for $30,000+ during Masters week, and brands often pay six figures for larger homes where they can host events.

4. The IRS has a special exemption in the tax code called the "Augusta Rule," allowing homeowners to rent out their homes for 14 days per year without paying taxes on the income.

This rule was initially implemented for Augusta residents only but is now available to everyone in the United States.

5. The Masters will do $70 million in merchandise sales this week.

That's...
• $10 million per day
• $1 million per hour
• $16,000 per minute
• $277 per second

The merchandise is so popular because you can only buy it at Augusta (aka no online sales).

6. In 1931, Augusta National was purchased for $70,000— or an inflation-adjusted $1.4 million. However, the property is now valued at over $200 million.

7. Augusta National has quietly been expanding over the years, spending more than $200 million (through an array of LLCs) to buy 100+ properties.

Augusta has purchased strip malls, restaurants, apartment complexes, and homes, adding 270+ acres to the property and often paying 3-4x their value.

8. Augusta National is debuting "Map & Flag" at this year's tournament. The premium hospitality offering isn't even on the property — it was built in a strip mall down the street that Augusta acquired for $26 million in 2020 — yet they were able to charge $17,000 per ticket (+ week-long badges) and have completely sold out.

9. The concession stand food is wrapped in green packaging, so it can't be seen on TV if someone litters.

10. Someone once found a green jacket in a Canadian thrift store. They purchased the jacket for $5, and it later sold at auction for $140,000.

11. Magnolia Lane is exactly 330 yards long, with 61 trees on each side.

12. Augusta's clubhouse has a wine cellar with 30+ pages of the world's most exclusive wines.

13. Previous Masters champions gather every year for dinner on the Tuesday before the tournament. The previous year's winner gets to pick the menu, but he must also pay for the meal.

14. The Masters leaves millions on the table by giving away the broadcasting rights to ESPN and CBS for free.

They do this to maintain complete control, handpicking advertisers, eliminating on-course signage, and only playing 3 to 4 minutes of commercials each hour.

15. Unlike most golf clubs, which are registered as non-profits, Augusta National is a for-profit corporation.

This requires them to pay more taxes, but they do it anyway because it means they don't have to share their member list, income, holdings, or expansion plans.

16. More than 1,500 private jets will land in Augusta this week, paying about $3,000 in landing and parking fees.

17. Augusta has SubAir Systems under each green. This enables them to keep the greens consistent, sucking up water when it rains and adding moisture when it's hot.

Also, when someone slipped a few years back, Augusta added SubAir systems under all the walkways.

18. Dwight D. Eisenhower is the only U.S. President to become a member at Augusta National. He never actually attended the Masters, but Eisenhower made 29 trips to the property, playing 210 rounds of golf, during his eight-year term as President.

Even crazier, Augusta worked with the Secret Service to build him a safe place to stay, called Eisenhower Cabin, which is still used on the property today.

That's it for today! Enjoy the tournament, and if you learned something from this post, follow me for more sports business content.

[Jamie Greaves | Golf Fitness @JGGolfFitness]

6 simple warm up exercises for golf using just a golf club ⛳️😎🙌

A thread post…👇🧵

As investing a couple of mins preparing body to perform is such low hanging fruit 🍎

1️⃣ - Hip Openers

[Chris Stiles @ChrisStilesRob]

Fairmont takes a 2-1 lead in the third after some get ‘em on, get ‘em over, get ‘em in ball leads to two runs

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

Double hit to chip-in 😳

Co-leader @HidekiOfficial_ had an interesting short-game sequence on Nos. 15 and 16 @APInv.

[Victor Scott @VictorFromDE]

Stage 4 pancreatic cancer cured with baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, cannabis oil and intermittent fasting. Was given 1 month to live. After listening to Dr. Simoncini (author of Cancer is a Fungus), he decided to try this approach. /1

[David Nichols @davidnichols_]

1 Player missing = “They are a completely different team”

25 Players missing = “I can’t believe this is the SAME team they thought should be in the Playoffs”

[Clinton @614clinton]

The donkey told the tiger, “The grass is blue.”

The tiger replied, “No, the grass is green.”

The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, so they approached the lion.

As they approached the lion on his throne, the donkey started screaming: ′′Your Highness, isn’t it true that the grass is blue?”

The lion replied: “If you believe it is true, the grass is blue.”

The donkey rushed forward and continued: ′′The tiger disagrees with me, contradicts me and annoys me. Please punish him.”

The king then declared: ′′The tiger will be punished with 3 days of silence.”

The donkey jumped with joy and went on his way, content and repeating ′′The grass is blue, the grass is blue…”

The tiger asked the lion, “Your Majesty, why have you punished me, after all, the grass is green?”

The lion replied, ′′You’ve known and seen the grass is green.”

The tiger asked, ′′So why do you punish me?”

The lion replied, “That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green.

The punishment is because it is degrading for a brave, intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with an ass, and on top of that, you came and bothered me with that question just to validate something you already knew was true!”

The biggest waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who doesn’t care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions.

Never waste time on discussions that make no sense. There are people who, for all the evidence presented to them, do not have the ability to understand.

Others who are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and the only thing that they want is to be right even if they aren’t.

#614clinton

[D.J. Strickland @Djstrick94]

@HJ_Deese

[TWLEGION @TWlegion]

🚨 Tiger announces 13 new PopStroke locations between 2023 and 2024 as the business rapidly expands.

Scottsdale, Delray Beach, Tuscaloosa, Las Vegas, Nashville, San Antonio, Myrtle Beach, North Dallas, College Station, Winter Garden, Daytona Beach, Wellington, and West Palm Beach.