NCAA champ Michael La Sasso leaving Ole Miss to join Phil Mickelson's LIV Golf team
Golf Channel • • sports
Key Points:
- Michael La Sasso, the reigning NCAA individual golf champion and Ole Miss senior, has signed a multi-year deal with Phil Mickelson’s HyFlyers GC in LIV Golf, forfeiting his remaining college eligibility and leaving before his final semester.
- La Sasso is expected to debut at LIV Golf’s season opener in Saudi Arabia next month, which means he will lose his exemption to the Masters this April that was contingent on maintaining amateur status.
- La Sasso is the second recent NCAA individual champion to join LIV Golf, following Turk Pettit, and his signing is part of a broader LIV offseason recruitment including PGA Tour winners and other notable players.
- Ole Miss head coach Chris Malloy acknowledged the difficulty of La Sasso’s
