36th North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship
Players Exempt from Qualifying
1. Champions of the North Carolina Senior Amateur since 2011.
Steve Harwell (2019), Macon Moye (2018), Jim Pearson (2014), Russ Perry (2013), and Paul Simson (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021)
2. Champions of the Carolinas Senior Amateur since 2012.
Preston Edmondson (2016, 2017), Jim Grainger (2014), Steve Harwell (2019), Todd Hendley (2020), Pat Thompson (2015)
3. Champions of the Carolinas Amateur since 2012.
4. Champions of the North Carolina Amateur since 2017.
5. Champions of the North Carolina Amateur Match Play since 2017.
6. 2021 Carolinas Men’s and Senior Men’s Player of the Year.
7. Players who finished 30th or better at the 2021 North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship.
Stan Adams, William Banta, Phil Bland, Dale Bouguennec, Jeff Brischke, Sherrill Britt, David Brown, Jeff Burcham, Dean Channell, Paul Clark, Preston Edmondson, Johnny Elam, Jim Grainger, Steve Harwell, Todd Hendley, Mark Hodges, Gary Howze, Patrick Hynes, William Jamieson, Keith Kepley, Brock Lynch, Randy Naylor, Doug Owens, James Pearson, Gary Robinson, John Rudolph, Steve Sharpe, Paul Simson, Paul Slomkowski, Kelly Stimart, Linley Tate, Walker Taylor, Pat Thompson, Lance Waggener, Brett Williams
8. Players ranked in the Top 35 of the CGA Carolinas Senior Men's Amateur Rankings as February 15, 2022.
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. 2021 Carolinas Four-Ball champions.
11. 2021 Carolinas Senior Four-Ball champions.
12. USGA individual or four-ball champions since 2016.
13. Players who competed in a 2021 USGA Championship.
Mike Arnold, Sherrill Britt, Dean Channell, Preston Edmondson, Steve Harwell, Joe Jaspers, Paul Jett, Paul Simson, Pat Thompson, Brian Westveer
15. Individual champions of CGA and SCGA gross championships since 2017.
Paul Simson, Russ Perry, Jack Marin, Arlis Pike, Mike Sprouts, Bill Boles, Evan Long, Ernie Newton
16. 2021 Captain’s Putter Team members, 2022 Tar Heel Cup Team members.
Sherrill Britt, Steve Harwell, Paul Simson, Pat Thompson, Evan Long, Russ Perry
17. Players who finished 15th or better at the 2021 Carolinas Senior Amateur Championship.
Larry Cloninger, Mark Hodges, Jeff Jamieson, Joe Jaspers, Robby Kirby, Neal Morrison, Allen Peake, James Pearson, Gary Robinson, Robert Shoaf, Pat Thompson
18. Special exemption bestowed by the CGA.