NCAA champion loses Masters eligibility after taking 'rare opportunity' with LIV Golf

Every golfer's dream is to play at Augusta National, and Michael La Sasso had a chance to live it. 

But he turned it down.

La Sasso, who won the NCAA individual title last year at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in California, forfeited his Masters eligibility after joining LIV Golf Tuesday.

Reigning NCAA individual champions are eligible to play in the following year's Masters if they remain amateurs. La Sasso’s deal with the Saudi-backed league makes him a professional golfer...