111th Carolinas Amateur Championship

Players Exempt from Qualifying

 

 

 

 

 

1. Champions of the Carolinas Amateur since 2015. 

Nic Brown (2022), Scott Harvey (2021), Joshua Martin (2018-2019), Lansdon Robbins (2020), Garrett Risner (2023, 2024) 

 

2. Champions of the North Carolina Amateur since 2020. 

Nicholas Mathews (2021), Kenan Poole (2022) 

 

3. Champions of the CGA South Carolina Amateur Match Play since 2020. 

Nick Mayfield (2022), Jason Steiner (2021), Todd White (2020), Connor Doyal (2023) 

 

4. Champions of the Carolinas Mid-Amateur since 2020.  

Cyrus Stewart (2020), Chad Wilfong (2021), Davis Womble (2022, 2024), Sam Jackson (2023), Brett McLamb (2025) 

 

5. Champions of the North Carolina Mid-Amateur since 2020.  

Ryan Nagy (2022), Dan Walters (2021), Chad Wilfong (2020), Davis Womble (2023), Nic Brown (2024) 

 

6. Players who finished in the top 30 at the 2024 Carolinas Amateur. 

Zach Adams, Daniel Adkins, Branden Boyce, Jackson Brimfield, Aidan Browning, Matthew Doyle, Miles Eubanks, Garland Ferrell, Jacob Golliday, Alex Heffner, Zachary Herold, Sam Jackson, Tyler Jones, Matt Kilgo, Owen Kose, Austin Langdale, Armand Loscalzo, Robert Lutomski, Matthew McDougall, Gray Mitchum, Bronson Myers, Nathan O'Neal, Brian Quackenbush, James Rico, Garrett Risner, Colin Salema, AJ Shaffer, Rowan Sullivan, Luke Sullivan, Smith Summerlin, Jon Weiss Jr, Jack Wieler, Rich Wills, Aidan Wilson 

 

7. Champions of the SCGA South Carolina Amateur since 2020. 

Zach Adams (2022, 2024), Jonathan Griz (2020), Harry Reynolds (2021), Todd White (2023) 

 

8. Champions of the SCGA South Carolina Mid-Amateur since 2020. 

Jon Weiss (2022-2023), Austin Morgan (2024) 

 

9. Champions of the North Carolina Amateur Match Play since 2020. 

Colin Browning (2022), Nicholas Mathews (2020), Davis Womble (2021), Garrett Risner (2023), Holt Allison (2024) 

 

10. 2024 Carolinas Senior Amateur champion. 

Lee Porter 

 

11. 2024 Carolinas Junior Boys Champion. 

Payton Schmit 

 

12. 2025 Carolinian Amateur Champion. 

 

 

13. 2025 Carolinas Four-Ball champions. 

 

 

14. 2024 Carolinas Men’s Player of the Year. 

Sam Jackson  

 

 

15. 2024 Carolinas Senior Men’s Player of the Year.  

Todd White 

 

16. 2024 Carolinas Junior Boys Player of the Year. 

John John Santospago 

 

17. USGA individual and four-ball champions since 2019. 

Davis Womble, Chad Wilfong 

 

 

18. Players who competed in the 2024 US Amateur Championship Proper, 2024 US Open Championship, 2024 US Senior Open, or 2024 US Open Final Qualifying. 

Andrew Swanson, Zach Adams, Jackson Van Paris, Michael La Sasso, Jake Golliday, Ethan Paschal, Preston Dembowiak, Addison Lambeth, Chris Andrew Etters, Weston Bell, Jame Rico, Jackson Koivun, Alex Heffner, Garrett Risner, Nicholas Mathews, Carson Bertagnole, Connor Warren, Nsubuga Godfrey, Jack Wieler, Max Green, Todd White, Daniel Boone 

 

 

19. Players who made Match Play in the 2024 US Amateur Four-Ball Championship, 2024 US Mid-Amateur Championship, 2024 US Junior Amateur Championship, or the 2024 US Senior Amateur Championship. 

Chad Wilfong, Davis Womble, Dan Walters, Todd White, Daniel McBrien, Smith Summerlin, Paul Simson, Tim Dunlavey, Maxwell Fain, Rick Cloninger, Todd White, Yancey Johnson, Phillip Mollica, Austin Langdale, Will Minton, Scott Harvey, Jackson Spires, Connor Doyal, Sam Jackson, Rich Wills, Chase Cline, Mack Edwards, Connor Warren, Talan Harrison, Luke Mosley

 

20. Most recent Walker Cup Team members. 

 

 

21. Two exemptions for the championship host club.  

 

 

22. Players ranked in the Top 50 of CGA Men's Amateur Rankings as of April 15.  

 

 

23. 2024 Captain’s Putter Regular Team Members. 

Sam Jackson, Brett Barry, Matt Crenshaw, Paul Fitzgerald, Jake Golliday, Brandon Grzywacz, Zahary Herold, James Lightsey, Robert Lutomski, Chandler Mulkey, Michael Sims, Connor Doyal, Jon Weiss, Nic Brown 

 

24. Players ranked in the Top 2,000 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking® as of the entry opening date.