61st Carolinas Senior Amateur Championship
Players Exempt from Qualifying
1. Champions of the Carolinas Senior Amateur since 2012.
Rick Cloninger (2012, 2013), Preston Edmondson (2016, 2017), Jim Grainger (2014), Steve Harwell (2019), Todd Hendley (2018, 2020), Pat Thompson (2015), Rich Weston (2021)
2. Champions of the North Carolina Senior Amateur since 2016.
Steve Harwell (2019), Jeff Jamieson (2022), Macon Moye (2018), Paul Simson (2016, 2017, 2021)
3. Champions of the SCGA South Carolina Senior Amateur since 2017.
Geno Berchiatti (2017), Kevin King (2019), Steve Liebler (2020, 2021), Stan Sill (2022), Rich Weston (2018)
4. Champions of the Carolinas Amateur since 2012.
5. Players who finished 30th or better at the 2021 Carolinas Senior Amateur.
Jim Aughtry, Sherrill Britt, Jeff Burcham, Larry Cloninger, Rick Cloninger, Tom Cullen, Chris Culler, Donald Detweiler, Preston Edmondson, Johnny Elam, Dale Fuller, David Glabicki, Mike Granger, Eddie Hargett, Mark Hodges, Jeff Jamieson, Joe Jaspers, Robby Kirby, Neal Morrison, Bobby Newman, Allen Peake, James Pearson, David Reece, Gary Robinson, Robert Shoaf, Stan Sill, Paul Simson, Kelly Stimart, Pat Thompson, Walter Todd, Rich Weston
6. Individual champions of CGA and SCGA championships since 2017.
Geno Berchiatti (2017), Bill Boles (2021), Rick Cobb (2017), Duke Delcher (2020), John Dennis (2021), Robert Desjardins (2022), Preston Edmondson (2017), Frank Ford III (2018), Steve Harwell (2019), Todd Hendley (2020), Jeff Jamieson (2022), Evan Long(2019), John Long (2019), Kevin King (2019), Jack Marin (2020), Lynn Martin (2018), Macon Moye (2018), Ernie Newton (2019), Walter Odiorne (2021), Russ Perry (2019), Arlis Pike (2021), Stan Sill (2022), Paul Simson (2021), Mike Sprouts (2017), Randall Sullins (2022), John Walters (2018), Rich Weston (2021)
7. Players who finished top 10 at the 2022 North Carolina Senior Amateur.
Sherrill Britt, Larry Cloninger, Dale Fuller, Steve Fox, David Glabicki, Steve Harwell, Jeff Jamieson, Gary Robinson, Paul Slomkowski, Walker Taylor
8. Players who finished top 10 at the 2022 SCGA South Carolina Senior Amateur.
Ron Clontz, Eddie Hargett, Rob Hrubala, Yancey Johsnon, Steve Liebler, Doug Ramey, Richard Rebholz, Stan Sill, Casey Smith, Gary Smith, Walter Todd, Tim Teaster
9. 2021 Carolinas Men’s Player of the Year.
10. 2021 Carolinas Senior Men’s Player of the Year.
Eddie Hargett
11. 2022 Carolinas Four-Ball champions.
Dillard Pruitt
12. 2022 Carolinas Senior Four-Ball champions.
Geno Berchiatti, Eddie Hargett
13. Players ranked in the Top 40 of the CGA Carolinas Senior Men's Amateur Rankings as of entry opening date.
14. 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.
15. USGA individual champions since 2017.
16. Players who competed in a 2021 USGA Championship proper.
Mike Arnold, Sherrill Britt, Dean Channell, Rick Cloninger, Preston Edmondson, Eddie Hargett, Steve Harwell,
Joe Jaspers, Paul Jett, Paul Simson, Pat Thompson, Walter Todd, Brian Westveer, Todd White
17. Two exemptions for the championship host club.
18. 2021 Captain’s Putter Carolinas Team members, 2022 Tar Heel Cup Team members, 2022 Palmetto Cup Regular or Senior Team members.
Sherrill Britt, Steve Harwell, Paul Simson, Pat Thompson, Evan Long, Russ Perry, Rich Weston, Eddie Hargett, Water Todd, Steve Liebler, Tim Teaster
19. Special exemption bestowed by the CGA.