[Ready4Freddy]

"She did not meet the criteria for a sponsor's exemption."

Nonsense. There are no set criteria for a sponsor's exemption, and there is no such thing as a 'men's handicap'.

[presidio9]

Trust me, there are.

[ArneFufkin]

The players given a sponsor's exemption are selected from two qualifiers from "Q" school and amateurs with a 2 handicap or less. Those are the Colonial guidlines. Presidio9 has been correct on this all along.