| Exemptions (Public Links): | |
| 1. MGA Public Links Champions for the last 5 years | |
| Gray Barnes | 2019 |
| Jonathan Jeter | 2018 |
| Alex Kang | 2017 |
| Michael Miranda | 2016 |
| David Cha | 2015 |
| 2. Past Champions of Ike, Met Amateur, Met Open, and MGA Mid-Amateur. | |
| 3. Five lowest scores (& ties) in the 2019 MGA Public Links Championship | |
| Gray Barnes | |
| David Powers | |
| Jon Ross | |
| Nick Dilio | |
| Ryan Lee | |
| Chris Lee | |
| Jason Bataille | |
| Rob Pepi | |
| Shawn Blandine | |
| 4. Reigning Ike, Amateur, Mid-Am, Junior, and Carter Cup Champions | |
| Dawson Jones | 2019 Ike Champion |
| Chris Gotterup | 2019 Met Amateur Champion |
| Brad Tilley | 2019 Mid-Amateur Champion |
| Will Celiberti | 2019 Met Junior Champion |
| Ben Carpenter | 2019 Carter Cup Champion |
| 5. Low Amateur in the 2019 Met Open Championship and 2019 NYSGA Amateur Champion | |
| Ben Reichert | NYSGA Am Champion - 2019 |
| James Nicholas | Met Open Low Am - 2019 |
| 6) Reigning WGA, NJSGA and CSGA Public Links Champions | |
| 2020 WGA Public Links Champ | |
| David Sampson | 2019 NJSGA Public Links Champ |
| Peter Tomlinson | 2019 CSGA Public Links Champ |
| 7. Reigning NJSGA, WGA, NYC, and CSGA Amateur Champions | |
| Dawson Jones | NJSGA |
| Christian Cavaliere | WGA |
| Ben Reichert | NYSGA |
| Rick Downling | CSGA |
| Prescott Butler | LIGA |
| 8. The 2019 MGA Player of the Year Honor Roll | |
| Chris Gotterup | |
| Christian Cavaliere | |
| James Nicholas | |
| Dawson Jones | |
| Brad Tilley | |
| Trevor Randolph | |
| Tom LaMorte | |
| Jonathan Jeter | |
| Prescott Butler | |
| 9. Anyone exempt for the Met Amateur and/or Met Open Championships will also be exempt to the MGA Public Links Championship | |
| 10. Club Champion at the Championship Host Club (Pound Ridge) | |
| 11. Special invitees of the MGA Executive Committee | |
Please Note: This list of exempt players is updated weekly. If you are exempt and unable to register, please contact the MGA Championships Department at (914) 347-4653 or championships@mgagolf.org.