65th Carolinas Senior Amateur Championship
Players Exempt from Qualifying
- Champions of the Carolinas Senior Amateur since 2016.
Preston Edmondson (2016, 2017), Steve Harwell (2019, 2022, 2023), Todd Hendley (2018, 2020), Rich Weston (2021), John O'Brien (2026)
- Champions of the North Carolina Senior Amateur since 2020.
Steve Harwell (2019, 2023), Jeff Jamieson (2022), Paul Simson (2021), Dale Fuller (2024), Jeffrey Lankford (2025)
- Champions of the SCGA South Carolina Senior Amateur since 2021.
Steve Liebler (2021), Ron Schroder (2023), Stan Sill (2022), Yancey Johnson (2024), Eddie Hargett (2025)
- Champions of the Carolinas Amateur since 2016.
- Players who finished 30th or better at the 2025 Carolinas Senior Amateur.
- Champions of the last 5 Carolinas Super Senior Championship (65+).
- Champions of the last 5 NC Super Senior (65+) Championships.
- Champions of the last 5 SC Super Senior (65+) Championships.
- Players who finished in the top 10 at the 2026 North Carolina Senior Amateur.
- Players who finished in the top 10 at the 2026 SCGA South Carolina Senior Amateur.
- 2025 Carolinas Men’s Player of the Year.
- 2025 Carolinas Senior Men’s Player of the Year.
Joe Jaspers
- 2026 Carolinas Four-Ball champions.
- 2026 Carolinas Senior Four-Ball champions.
Lee Porter and Sherrill Britt
- Players ranked in the Top 75 of the CGA Carolinas Senior Men's Amateur Rankings as of June 15.
- 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.
- USGA individual champions since 2021.
- Players who competed in a 2025 USGA Championship proper.
- Two exemptions for the championship host club.
- 2025 Captain’s Putter Carolinas Regular, Senior or Super Senior Team members, 2026 Tar Heel Cup Team members, 2026 Palmetto Cup Regular or Senior Team members.
- Players with a WAGR ranking as of June 15
- Special exemption bestowed by the CGA.