TOURNAMENT EXEMPTIONS

Eligibility: Entries are open to male amateur golfers who reside in the state of Texas with a WHS Handicap Index of 6.4 or less. Please reference TGA Policies and Procedures for further details, including Terms of the Competition.

Provided players are otherwise eligible, exemptions are given to the following:

• Ryan Grider – 2019
• Mitchell Miessner – 2018 (ineligible)
• Zander Lozano – 2017 (ineligible)
• Frederick Wedel – 2016 (ineligible)
• Michael Cotton – 2015 (ineligible)

• Ryan Grider
• Chris Wheeler
• Scott Abbott
• Paul Gonzalez
• Michael Cotton (ineligible)
• Jake Goodman
• Blaine Hale (ineligible)
• Jace Moore
• Logan Davis
• Michael Rome
• Wes Artac
• Jess Bonneau
• Alex Clourse
• Clay McCrory
• Logan Lockwood
• Dallas Hankamer
• Caleb Hicks
• David Schultz

3) Last five (5) Texas Mid-Amateur Champions;

• Chris Wheeler – 2019
• Colby Harwell – 2018, 2017
• Joshua Irving – 2016
• Scott Abbott – 2015

4) Top five (5) finishers (and ties) in the previous year’s Texas Mid-Amateur;

• Chris Wheeler
• Colby Harwell
• Jeff Howard
• Marcus Jones
• Brandon Immel
• Rob Couture

5) Previous and current year’s Texas Mid-Amateur Match Play Winner & Runner-up;

• Colby Harwell
• Jake Istnick
• TBD (2020)
  
• TBD (2020)
  

6) Previous year’s Texas Senior Amateur Champion;

• Gary Durbin

7) Top 10 finishers (and ties) on the previous year’s TGA Statewide Player of the Year Points List;

• Chris Wheeler
• Colby Harwell
• Ryan Grider
• Cole Hammer
• Jace Moore
• Blaine Hale (ineligible)
• Will Holcomb
• Paul Gonzalez
• Scott Abbott
• Jess Bonneau

8) Top three (3) finishers (and ties) on the previous year’s TGA Regional Player of the Year Points List;

9) Three (3) Host Club exemptions;

• Hudson Ross
  
• Denver Schneider
  
• Tyler Kaman
  

10) Top three (3) finishers (and ties) in the previous year’s TGA Regional Amateur, not already exempt, within the top ten (10) finishers;

) Winner and Runner-up in Current Year’s Regional Mid-Amateurs

12) Current year’s LJT Byron Nelson Junior Champion;

• J. Holland Humphries

13) Previous and current year’s LJT Texas Junior Amateur Champion (Boys 15-18);

• Zach Heffernan (2019)
  
• TBD (2020)
  

14) Previous year’s Texas LJT Player of the Year (Boys 15-18);

• Shaheen Momin

15) Winner and Runner-up in previous and current year’s West Texas Amateur Championship;

• Jackson Markham (2019)
  
• Travis Woolf (2019)
  
• JT Pittman (2020)
  
• Jansen Smith (2020)
  

16) Top 850 in the R&A/USGA World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) at time of entry.

• Contact Tournament Director Ian Davis or Tournament Manager Justin Guthrie for details.

The TGA reserves the right to select players to be in the field. Exempt players must complete registration for the event by the published exemption deadline or they will lose their spot in the field.

NOTE: All players who are not exempt under the categories listed above for the 111^th Texas Amateur must participate in an 18-hole individual stroke play sectional qualifier.