Michigan State assistant golf coach Dan Ellis helped James Piot get to Augusta, so Piot wanted to do everything to make sure Ellis was by his side during his debut at the Masters next month.
So Piot wrote a letter to the NCAA asking for a waiver to the rule that prohibits college coaches from caddying for college golfers in professional tournaments.
This past week, Piot got word for the NCAA that the waiver was approved.
"We would've just let it go, but he (Piot) was distraught, 'You guys got me here,'" Michigan State head golf coach Casey Lubahn said Sunday.