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Michael La Sasso has seen it all – stomach bug, flu, sea urchin – but making most of normal golf at NCAAs

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Ole Miss star Michael La Sasso has avoided adversity through two days of the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship .

Ole Miss head coach Chris Malloy has seen everything over the years , dating to 2019 when one of his players lost a ball after hitting a bird late in the final round at the NCAA Stanford Regional , were Ole Miss missed by a shot.

Coach Malloy's assistant, Emerson Newsome , was with the Rebels ’ players at a nearby beach last March when he told Malloy he had stepped on a sea urchin and had dozens of black spines stuck in his right foot.

The Rebels , No. 1 for much of the season and ranked third entering this.

Emerson La Sasso finally earned his PGA Tour card this season after years of grinding on the developmental tours.

Ole Miss alum Braden Thornberry , the former Haskins Award winner and Walker Cupper , gave his advice to the Ole Miss alumnum.

“He just has to be him,” Malloy said.

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