Nick Bastone

Operations @Numeraltax. Previously covered tech and local news @Axios, @TheInformation, and @BusinessInsider.

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@ricburton Love it!

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@ricburton Are you walking in these videos or floating or on some kind of boosted board? Also, hey 👋. Miss you dude!

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@Grant_Marek My college experience in a nutshell

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Scottie wins. AK goes low. Here's a quick look at everything you need to know in golf rn: https://t.co/BRnjxmbVZG

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@BrendanPorath But your writing on it is awesome!

[Sam Harrop @sam_golf]

Talor Gooch gave us maybe the quote of the year this week, and I couldn't let that go without a song. Here's "Asterisk".

Credit: Gabrielle

RTs & YouTube subscribes (https://t.co/b9PPXIFXlP) appreciated! 😊

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"Carter Norris" oversleeping, not waking up in time to grab breakfast burritos and caddy for his buddy Jake Knapp is the most SoCal thing I've heard in awhile.

Absolutely love it. Rooting for Knapp today!

https://t.co/i2rLRg4Trs

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@Sean_Zak Can't wait! Congrats 👏

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@pmcdonaldCBS These are wonderful stats. Please keep them coming!

[Quick Nine Golf @quick_nine_golf]

Did the Waste Management go too far this year?

Read on 👇

https://t.co/zYdncm8NBQ

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A leaked memo this week from @acaseofthegolf1 showed how the PGA Tour's new player equity program will divvy up nearly $1 billion.

Essentially, there will be four groups:

Group 1: Includes 36 players, who will split $750 million ($20.8 million on average).

Group 2: Includes 64 players, who will split $75 million ($1.2 million on average)

Group 3: Includes 57 players, who will split $30 million ($526,000 on average)

*The Tour will divide current players into these groups based on several criteria, including career achievements, recent achievements (past 3-5 years), and Player Impact Program results.

Group 4: Includes 36 players “who were instrumental to building the modern PGA Tour.” This group will split $75 million (around $2 million on average).

Read on for what comes next 👉 https://t.co/HCV3ifMHrC

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@jasonshah @beehiiv same.

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A tale of two rookie starts…

19-year-old Caleb Surratt made $1,070,000 this week in his LIV debut after winning the team competition and finishing T13 individually.

20-year-old Nick Dunlap, meanwhile, finished dead last at Pebble Beach and took home just $32,000.

Dunlap won on the PGA Tour two weeks ago — a paycheck worth $1,500,000. But, he was still an amateur at the time, so he walked away with $0.

More here on the golf this weekend: https://t.co/0ypo8woYqw

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Just checked the LIV leaderboard on a Friday ...

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Something to watch: How the PGA Tour divvies up equity among players could become a total sh*tshow. Lots of money at stake and there's no way it's going to be totally clear how the Tour decides who gets what.

[Gabby Herzig @GabbyHerzig]

Here’s the full three-page memo sent to PGA Tour players about the Strategic Sports Group deal on Wednesday a.m.
- $3 billion total investment, led by Fenway Sports Group
- Initial $1.5 billion in equity opportunities for “nearly 200 PGA Tour members”
- Co-investment from Saudi PIF still on table

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Still thinking about Sam Burns losing a bet, shaving RTR (Roll Tide Roll) into the side of his head, and getting beat by a current Alabama student. Just too good.

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@findmeinseattle He's fully exempt through 2026 season, yes. But he would need to turn pro. More details here: https://t.co/aiBwqsDh4I

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This just feels wrong...

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@reidtandy Yep!

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@Mike_kim714 Nice playing! And nice order! But, no Double Double?