2017 Exemption Categories
Players may be exempt based on any one or more of the following categories:
(Note: Exempt players must complete an online entry form prior to the entry deadline.)
A. Exemptions based on previous Rice Planters Amateur Tournaments
| A-1 | Any past champions (Amateurs in Good Standing) |
| A-2 | Top 20 players plus ties from 2016 (Amateurs in Good Standing – See list below) |
| Philip Knowles – (278) Will Miles – (281) Will Grimmer – (281) Eddie Wajda – (281) Chad Cox– (281) William Rainey – (282) Lloyd Jefferson Go – (282) James Anstiss – (283) Art Griffin – (284) Joey Lane – (284) Tripp French – (284) Mark Lawrence – (285) Rylee Reinerston – (286) James Yoon – (286) Trace Crowe – (286) Keenan Huskey – (286) James Leadbetter – (286) Seth Gandy – (288) Gregory Royston – (288) Jordan Hahn – (289) Evan Gfeller – (289) Dillon Board – (289) Thomas Lamorte – (289) Joo-Young Lee – (289) |
B. Exemptions based on amateur rankings and events
| B-1 | Top 200 World Ranked Players in SPWAR database (as of April 15th) |
| B-2 | Walker Cup and Palmer Cup Team Members (last two teams) |
| B-3 | Top 10 AJGA Rolex Rankings (as of April 15th) |
| Previous year’s amateur events | |
| B-4 | Champion and runner up: US Amateur; British Amateur; US Mid-Amateur; US Four Ball |
| B-5 | Amateurs participants in the USGA Men’s Open |
| B-6 | Top 10 and ties from the Oglethorpe Invitational |
| B-3 | Top 10 and ties from the Southeastern Amateur |
| B-4 | Top 10 and Ties from the AFLAC Cup Final Points Standings |
| B-5 | Cardinal Amateur |
| B-6 | Dixie Amateur |
| B-7 | Dogwood Invitational Champion |
| B-6 | Monroe Invitational |
| B-7 | Pacific Northwest Amateur |
| B-8 | Palmetto Amateur Champion |
| B-9 | Players Amateur Champion |
| B-10 | Porter Cup Champion |
| B-11 | North & South Amateur Champion |
| B-12 | NEC Masters of the Amateur |
| B-13 | Sahalee Invitational |
| B-14 | Southwestern Amateur |
| B-15 | Southern Amateur |
| B-16 | Western Amateur |
| B-17 | Sunnehanna Amateur Champion |
| Current year’s amateur events | |
| B-18 | Azalea Amateur Champion |
| B-19 | Jones Cup Champion |
| B-20 | Terra Cotta Champion |
C. Exemptions based on State Golf Association events
| Previous year’s champions | |
| C-1 | South Carolina Amateur Champion |
| C-2 | South Carolina Mid – Amateur Champion |
| C-3 | South Carolina Junior Champion |
| C-4 | Carolinas Amateur Champion |
D. Exemptions based on other Snee Farm Country Club events
| D-1 | Snee Farm Men’s Club Champion |