North & South Amateur
Exemption Criteria
109th North & South Men's Amateur Championship
Exempted Into Match Play
| C1 | Defending Champion |
| C2 | U.S. Amateur Runner-Up |
| C3 | Top 30 World Ranked Accepted Invites as of May 30 (determined at close of entries) |
Invited to Medal Play
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M1 |
Past North & South Amateur Champions |
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M2 |
2008 U.S. Open qualifiers |
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M3 |
NCAA Champion past 2 years |
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M4 |
2008 U.S. Amateur Match Play qualifiers |
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M5 |
2008 U.S. Public Links "Final 4" contestants |
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M6 |
North and South Match Play Quarter Finalist contestants past 3 years |
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M7 |
North and South Match Play "Round 3" contestants from prior year (16 players) |
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M8 |
36-hole qualifying Medalist prior year |
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M9 |
2008 U.S. Mid Amateur Champion |
| M10 | Committee "At Large" Invite |
2008 Champions of the Following Events:
| M11 | The Western Amateur | M20 | The Dixie Amateur |
| M12 | The Porter Cup | M21 | The Azalea Amateur |
| M13 | The Southern Amateur | M22 | Pacific Coast Amateur |
| M14 | The Jones Cup | M23 | Rice Planters |
| M15 | The Northeast Amateur | M24 | The Monroe Invitational |
| M16 | The Players Amateur | M25 | The Southeastern Amateur |
| M17 | The Scratch Players Amateur Championship | M26 | The Southwestern Amateur |
| M18 | The Sunnehanna | M27 | Cardinal Amateur |
| M19 | The Dogwood Invitational |
By Rankings
| M28 | Top 50 GolfWeek Rankings (as of May 22, 2009) |
| M29 | Top 50 GolfWeek College Rankings (as of May 22, 2009) |
| M30 | Top 5 GolfWeek Junior Rankings (as of May 22, 2009) |
