35th North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship
Exempt Players
1. Champions of the North Carolina Senior Amateur since 2010.
Steve Harwell, Macon Moye, Jim Pearson, Russ Perry, and Paul Simson
2. Champions of the Carolinas Senior Amateur since 2011.
Preston Edmondson, Jim Grainger, Steve Harwell, Todd Hendley, Russ Perry, and Pat Thompson
3. Champions of the Carolinas Amateur since 2011.
4. Champions of the North Carolina Amateur since 2016.
5. Champions of the North Carolina Amateur Match Play since 2016.
6. 2020 Carolinas Men’s and Senior Men’s Player of the Year.
Sherrill Britt
7. Players who finished 30th or better at the 2019 North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship.
Phil Bland, Dale Bouguennec, Patrick Brady, Dean Channell, Paul Clark, Marc Cox, Preston Edmondson, John Fritz, Trip Gentry, Jim Grainger, Larry Griffin, Steve Harwell, Todd Hendley, Grant Hoffman, Jerry Horton, William Jamieson, Mike Kelly, Kim Mansfield, Macon Moye, Doug Owens, Dean Parziale, James Pearson, Russ Perry, Arlis Pike, Gary Pugh, John Rudolph, Harrison Rutter, Mike Shoffner, Paul Simson, Randall Sullins, Lionel Sutton, and Pat Thompson
8. Players ranked in the Top 25 of the CGA Carolinas Senior Men's Amateur Rankings as of entry opening date.
Sherrill Britt, Dean Channell, Johnny Elam, Dale Fuller, Steve Harwell, Todd Hendley, William Jamieson, Steve Kidd, Steve Liebler, James Pearson, Gary Pugh, Gary Robinson, Harrison Rutter, Steve Sharpe, Paul Simson, Randall Sullins, Lionel Sutton, Linley Tate, Pat Thompson
9. Past CGA individual champions are exempt in all CGA senior individual events for a period of one year from the date of their 55th birthday.
10. 2020 Carolinas Four-Ball champions.
11. 2020 Carolinas Senior Four-Ball champions.
Johnny Elam
12. USGA individual or four-ball champions since 2016.
13. Players who competed in a 2020 USGA Championship or Qualified for cancelled 2020 US Four-Ball.
Bubba Aughtry, Steve Harwell
14. Two exemptions for championship host club.
15. Individual champions of CGA and SCGA gross championships since 2015 (Championship Divisions only).
Raymond Davis, Robert Desjardins, Evan Long, Russ Perry, Arlis Pike, and Paul Simson
16. 2020 Captain’s Putter Carolinas Regular or Senior Team members, 2021 Tar Heel Cup Team members.
Johnny Elam, Sherrill Britt, Steve Harwell, Todd Hendley, Paul Simson, Pat Thompson
17. Players who finished 15th or better at the 2020 Carolinas Senior Amateur Championship.
Jeff Brischke, Sherrill Britt, Steve Harwell, Todd Hendley, William Jamieson, James Pearson, Gary Pugh, Gary Robinson, Harrison Rutter, Paul Simson, Randall Sullins, Lionel Sutton, Linley Tate, Pat Thompson
18. Special exemption bestowed by the CGA
19. Players ranked in the Top 25 of the CGA Carolinas Senior Men's Amateur Rankings as of entry opening date.
Mike Arnold, Patrick Brady, Dale Bouguennec, Andy Burnette, Dean Channell, Paul Clark, Don Detweiler, Preston Edmondson, Johnny Elam, Ryan Fox, John Fritz, Dale Fuller, Jim Gallagher, Jim Grainger, Steve Harwell, Todd Hendley, William Jamieson, Paul Jett, Robby Kirby, Bill Long, James Pearson, Russ Perry, Gary Pugh, Gary Robinson, John Rudolph, Harison Rutter, Paul Simson, Kelly Stimart, Lionell Sutton, Linley Tate, Walker Taylor IV, Pat Thompson, and Steve Wilson
20. Players who competed in a 2019 USGA Championship.
Dean Channell, Jim Gallagher, Steve Harwell, Paul Jett, Robby Kirby, Gary Pugh, Paul Simson, Lionel Sutton, and Walker Taylor