You can read more about Carter’s journey through amputation, Team USA, and now, Adaptive Golf here.

Carter is currently ranked #11 in the US and #86 in the world.

The United States Adaptive Open is an Adaptive Golf tournament hosted by the USGA. Just like the US Open, players have to earn an exemption or qualify into the event. The US Adaptive Open is one of two major tournaments with the United State’s Adaptive Golf circuit. Read more about The Open on USGA’s website here.

The 2024 US Adaptive Open will be held at Sand Creek Station in Newton, Kansas on July 8th-10th. There will be a cut after the second day of play with the top 20 males and 20 females plus top 1st and 2nd (plus ties) in each Impairment Category advancing to the final round.

Both the Inaugural and 2nd US Adaptive Open were held at Pinehurst. The 2025 US Adaptive Open will be held at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland.

Various governing bodies in the Adaptive Golf world place disabilities into various categories. The following are recognized by the Paralympic Committee and will be seen at the US Adaptive Open: Intellectual, Lower Limb, Upper Limb, Multiple Limb Amputee, Neurological, Seated Players, Short Stature, and Vision Impairment.

Carter will compete for the Men’s Overall Championship as well as the Overall Title within his impairment category, Lower Limb. Of the 96 players in the field, 75 are men and 20 are Lower Limb players.

The Lower Limb Impairment Category includes all players with lower limb disabilities. This includes but is not limited to amputation, low muscle tone, loss of limb control, foot drop, etc.

The US Adaptive Open utilizes a variety of tees to make the tournament as equitable as possible across all Impairment Categories. Carter’s category, Lower Limb, will play the course at 6,500y.

Similar to the regular US Open, golfers either earn an exemption or qualify for the event.

Exemptions are given to those who either win the US Open Overall Title or win their Impairment Category. Exemptions are also awarded to the Overall Champions at both the Canadian Open and the G4D (European) Open. The Top 10 ranked players in the world also receive an automatic exemption.

The remaining spots in the field are filled through the qualifying process. Six qualifiers were hosted across the nation. The overall male and female winners for each site were awarded an exemption. The remaining scores were ranked across all six sites using a modified Score Differential.

Each Impairment Category was given a total number of available “spots.” This was based on the percentage of received applications for that specific category. The Men’s Lower Limb division had 9 spots. The remaining 8 spots in the field were filled by Committee Selection.

Carter qualified at the Dallas, TX Qualifier in April 2024. It was the first US Adaptive Open Qualifier in history. Prior to 2024, the entire US Adaptive Open field was hand selected by a committee.

Adaptive Golf does not currently offer monetary winnings for its events. Players rely solely on sponsors or their own financial input to compete.