The Players Amateur selection committee uses the following criteria to select contestants.
Past Players Amateur Champions
Walker Cup Team Members (Past and Present)
World Amateur Team (Past and Present)
Palmer Cup Team (Last Two Teams)
Past Champions; U.S. Amateur, British Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur, U.S. Pub-Links
Past Runner-Up; U.S. Amateur, British Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur, U.S. Pub-Links (Last 5 Years)
Past Quarter Finalist; U.S. Amateur, British Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur, U.S. Pub-Links (Last 3 Years)
U.S. Open Participant (Current and Previous Year)
Current Australian National Team
Top 75 U.S. Golfweek ranking (as of April 15th)
Top 100 world ranking by Golfweek (as of April 15th)
Top 10 NCAA Finals (Current Year)
Youth Carolina Player of the Year
Jr. Heritage Champion
Hilton Head Amateur Champion
Belfair Men’s Club Champion
Top 5 from Sunnehanna, Northeast Amateur (Current year)
Top 5 from Sunnehanna, southern, northeast, Porter Cup (previous year)
19- Winner and Runner-up from the following tournaments (previous
year)
Dixie, Azalea, Terro Cotta, Southeastern, Southwestern, Dogwood, Sahalle,
Rice Planters,
Pacific Northwest, Eastern, Monroe, Cardinal, Jones Cup, NEC Masters
of the Amateur, Scratch Players
Quarter Finalist - Western
North South - Semi Finalist
Top 5 from previous years NCAA finals
Top 20 previous year Players Amateur
IJGT Player’s Champion
Top 5 AJGA Rankings (as of April 15th)\
Committee selections
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