After Michael La Sasso polished off what he thought was a bogey-free, 6-under 66 to open the Sanderson Farms Championship on Thursday, the reigning NCAA individual champion was greeted in the scoring area by rules officials.

La Sasso was ultimately penalized two shots for improving the conditions affecting his stroke on the Country Club of Jackson’s par-4 sixth hole, according to the Associated Press, which confirmed the reason for penalty with a PGA Tour official.

Rule 8.1a states “you must not take any of these actions if they improve the conditions affecting your stroke: move, bend or break any growing or attached natural object, or immovable obstruction, integral object or boundary object…; move a loose impediment or movable obstruction into position (such as to build a stance); alte

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