TOURNAMENT EXEMPTIONS

Eligibility: Entries are open to male amateur golfers who reside in the state of Texas, age 25 or older as of the first round of tournament play, with a WHS Handicap Index of 8.4 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:

1. Last five (5) Texas Mid-Amateur Champions;

• 2020: Ryan O’Rear
• 2019: Christopher Wheeler
• 2018, 2017: Colby Harwell
• 2016: Joshua Irving

2. Top 5 Mid-Amateur finishers (and ties) within the Top 25 of current year’s Texas Amateur;

• Paul McNamara
• Christopher Wheeler
• Ryan O’Rear
• Aaron Hickman
• Blake Parks

3. Last five (5) Texas Amateur Champions;

• 2020: Trey Bosco (Ineligible)
• 2019: Ryan Grider (Ineligible)
• 2018: Mitchel Meissner (Ineligible)
• 2017: Zander Lozano (Ineligible)
• 2016: Frederick Wedel (Ineligible)

4. Top 20 finishers in the previous year’s Texas Mid-Amateur;

• Ryan O’Rear
• Colby Harwell
• Padden Nelson
• Blake Parks
• Danny Simmerman
• Justin Kaplan
• Jonathan Schnitzer
• Marcus Jones
• Sean Heidrick
• Paul McNamara
• Aaron Hickman
• Christopher Wheeler
• Colby Amparan
• Peter Fallon
• Luke Antonelli
• Braden Graham
• Robert Evans
• Scott Maurer
• Scott Fawcett
• Brett Nichols

5. Low Mid-Master in previous year’s Mid-Amateur;

• Padden Nelson

6. Current year Mid-Amateur Match Play Winner & Runner-Up & Semifinalists;

• Winner: Christopher Wheeler
• Runner-Up: Andrew Lawson
• Semifinalists: Coy Bree, Aaron Hickman

7. Top 15 finishers (and ties) on the previous year’s TGA Statewide Player of the Year Points List;

• Colby Harwell
• Aaron Hickman
• Ryan O’Rear
• Trey Bosco (Ineligible)
• Caleb Hicks (Ineligible)
• Padden Nelson
• Christopher Wheeler
• Jacob Sosa (Ineligible)
• Tommy Morrison (Ineligible)
• Andres Acevedo
• Jun Min (Jimmy) Lee (Ineligible)
• Paul McNamara
• Scott Maurer
• Reid Davenport
• Marcus Jones

8. Three (3) host club exemptions;

• TBD
• TBD
• TBD

9. Low Mid-Master in current year’s TGA Regional Mid-Amateurs;

• North: Gary Ezmerlian
• South: Padden Nelson

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

• North: Anthony Estorga
• North: Ben McCaslin
• North: Rob Couture
• South: Robert Gwin
• South: Todd Albert
• South: Kevin Liberto

11. Top two (2) finishers & ties in current year’s TGA Regional Amateurs, not already exempt, within the top ten (10) finishers;

• North: TBD
• North: TBD
• South: TBD
• South: TBD

12. Previous year’s Texas Senior Amateur Champion;

• John Derrick

13. Previous year’s TGA North and South Region Player of the Year;

• North: JT Pittman
• South: Kevin Liberto

14. Top two (2) Mid-Amateur finishers in the current year’s West Texas Amateur;

• David Bolen
• Paul McNamara

15. Current Year’s TGA Medalist North and TGA Medalist Hill Country Players of the Year.

• North: Ted Waldrip
• Hill Country: Todd Albert, Austen Fulmer

16. Previous year’s Texas Senior Player of the Year;

• Mike Lohner

17. Previous year’s U.S. Mid-Amateur Match Play qualifiers;

• CANCELED

18. Top 1500 in the R&A/USGA World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) at time of entry.

• Contact Tournament Manger, Justin Guthrie at (281) 454-6300 or at [email protected].

For complete past results, click here.

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 38^th Texas Mid-Amateur must participate in an 18-hole individual stroke play sectional qualifier. For 38^th Texas Mid-Amateur qualifying information, click here.