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2026 KS Amateur - Players Exempt From Qualifying
Mission Hills Country Club
July 13-19, 2026
Entry Deadline: Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Staff Contact
Casey Old
casey@clgolf.org
(913) 649-5242 ext. 2
2026 Exemption Criteria:
1. Past Kansas Amateur champions that hold amateur status
2. Quarterfinalists from previous year’s Kansas Amateur
3. Central Links Golf Tournament Winners since last Kansas Amateur:
a. Konza Prairie Amateur (Prairie Fire Division only)
b. Kansas City Match Play
c. Watson Challenge (must be amateur)
d. Railer (Open)
e. Railer (Senior)
f. Kansas Junior Amateur
g. Kansas City Junior Amateur
h. Junior Match Play
i. Kansas Junior Tour Championship
j. Kansas City Amateur (Open)
k. Kansas City Amateur (Senior)
l. Heart of America Four-Ball (Open Division only)
m. Kansas Senior Amateur (Senior Division only)
n. Kansas City Senior Match Play
o. High Plains Amateur (Open Division only)
p. Kansas Mid-Amateur
q. Stroke Play Qualifying Medalist from Kansas Amateur
4. Top point earners from previous year’s Central Links Golf Player of the Year in the following categories (KS & KC):
a. CLG Junior Player of the Year – Top 5
b. Player of the Year – Top 5
c. Mid-Amateur Player of the Year – Top 3
d. Senior Player of the Year – Top 2
e. Super Senior Player of the Year – Top 1
f. Legends Player of the Year – Top 1
5. USGA Championship Qualifiers (championship proper & US Open Local) played since previous year’s Kansas Amateur Qualifying
- Players that advance through US Open Local Qualifying or that are exempt from US Open Local Qualifying
- Championship Qualifiers for:
- US Amateur Four-Ball
- US Senior Open
- US Junior Amateur
- US Amateur (not applicable for players that advance through Local Qualifying)
- US Senior Amateur
- US Mid-Amateur
6. Host Club Exemptions
7. Special Exemptions granted by the Central Links Golf Competitions Committee
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Audrain, Sion | Courington, Jack | 2026 Konza Prairie Amateur (a) |
| Allen, Blake | Holtzman, Noah | 2026 KC Match Play (b) |
| Copp, Darren | Hughes, Nathan | 2026 Watson Challenge ( c ) |
| Ewald, Matt | Kasitz, Kyle | 2026 Railer (d) |
| Harbour, Casey | King, Will | 2026 Railer Senior ( e ) |
| Johnsen, Len | Strong, Tyler | 2026 Kansas Junior Amateur (f) |
| King, Will | Walker, Tyler | 2026 KC Junior Amateur (g) |
| Lethem, Drew | 2026 Junior Match Play (h) | |
| Loomis, John | 2025 KS Jr Tour Championship (Mies, H., Meusousky, C.) | |
| Norton, Bryan | 2025 KC Amateur (Hogan, A.) | |
| Novascone, Corey | 2025 KC Amateur Sr (Cunningham, D.) | |
| Sallaz, Marty | 2026 Heart of America Four-Ball (l) | |
| Sherman, John | 2026 Heart of America Four-Ball (l) | |
| Sinovic, John | 2025 KS Sr Amateur (Kimminau, B.) | |
| Smell, Kyle | 2025 KC Sr Match Play (Kimminau, B.) | |
| Sparks, Hunter | 2025 High Plains Amateur (Iglesias, J.) | |
| Stevens, Charlie | 2025 KS Mid-Amateur (Pearson, B.) | |
| Stevens, Jack | 2025 KS Am Stroke Play Medalist (Haney, C.) | |
| Stevens, Johnny | ||
| Templeton, Scott | ||
| Thayer, Sean | ||
| Ulrich, Park | ||
| Whitaker, Asher | ||
| Williams, Matt | ||
| 4 | ||
| S. Boulware, L. Springer, J. Fratzel, P. Smith, J. Fratzel (a) | ||
| T. Adkins, S. Boulware, B. Fehr, A. Hogan, N. Nughes, W. King, T. McNeive, T. Walker (b) | ||
| B. Fehr, N. Hughes, B. Pearson, Z. VanDolah ( c ) | ||
| D. Cunningham, K. Grove, B. Kimminau (d) | ||
| T. Chamberlin, B. Norton ( e ) | ||
| D. Lindberg, S. VanLandingham (f) | ||
| 5 | ||
| 2026 US Open Local Qualifier or Exempt from Local Qualifying | ||
| 2026 US Senior Open Local Qualifiers or Exempt from Local Qualifying | ||
| 2026 US Amateur Four-Ball Qualifiers (L. Esterline) | ||
| 2025 US Junior Amateur Qualifiers (S. Boulware, H. Homsey, P. Smith) | ||
| 2026 US Junior Amateur Qualifiers | ||
| 2026 US Amateur Qualifiers | ||
| 2025 US Senior Amateur Qualifiers (none) | ||
| 2025 US Mid-Amateur Qualifiers (B. Fehr, S. Christian, N. Hughes) | ||
| 6 | 7 | |
| Host Club Exemption | Special Exemptions Granted by CLG Board | |
| Host Club Exemption | ||
| Host Club Exemption | ||