United States Amateur Championship (golf) - Field

Field

While most players at the U.S. Amateur advance through sectional qualifying, a few players are exempt each year.

1. Winners of the U.S. Amateur each of the last ten years.
2. Runner-up of the U.S. Amateur each of the last three years.
3. Semi-finalists of the U.S. Amateur each of the last two years.
4. Quarter-finalists of the U.S. Amateur the previous year.
5. Any player who qualified for the current year's U.S. Open.
6. Those returning 72 hole scores from the previous year's U.S. Open.
7. The amateur with the lowest score from the current year's U.S. Senior Open.
8. From the U.S. Mid-Amateur: winner each of the last two years and runner-up from the previous year.
9. From the U.S. Amateur Public Links: winner each of the last two years and runner-up from the previous year.
10. From the U.S. Junior Amateur: winner each of the last two years and runner-up from the previous year.
11. From the U.S. Senior Amateur: winner each of the last two years and runner-up from the previous year.
12. Playing members of the two most recent Walker Cup teams.
13. Playing members of the two most recent U.S. Eisenhower Trophy teams.
14. Playing members of the current year's U.S. Men's Copa de las Américas team.
15. Winner of the current year's individual NCAA Division I Championship.
16. Winner of the British Amateur Championship each of the last five years.
17. Top fifty golfers in World Amateur Golf Ranking.

In all cases, the exemptions only apply if the player has not turned professional.