Exemptions (Senior Open):      
       
1. MGA Senior Open Champions for the last ten years      
Shaun Powers 2019 Senior Open Champion    
Mark Mielke 2018 Senior Open Champion    
Bill Britton 2017 Senior Open Champion    
Jim McGovern 2016 Senior Open Champion    
Mark Mielke 2015 Senior Open Champion    
Adam Kugler 2014 Senior Open Champion    
Craig Thomas 2013 Senior Open Champion    
Peter Busch  2012 Senior Open Champion    
Mike Burke 2011 Senior Open Champion    
John Ervasti 2010 Senior Open Champion    
       
2. USGA Champions and members of the Walker Cup Team from the past 10 years      
       
3. Qualifiers and exempt players for the 2019 National Senior Club Pro Championship      
       
4. Past Met Open, Amateur, Ike and Mid-Amateur Champions (age 60 or less)      
       
5. Top 25 finishers in the 2019 MGA Senior Open Championship      
Shaun Powers      
Frank Esposito      
Mark Brown      
Mark Mielke      
Jim McGovern      
Brain Varsey      
Mike Meehan      
Brent Studer      
Bobby Heins      
David Young      
Ed Whitman      
Mike Gilmore      
Sang Lee      
Shawn Baker      
Tony DeMaria      
Darrell Kestner      
Mark McCormick      
Nelson Long      
Carl Alexander      
Craig Thomas      
Dave Scialabba      
Garnet Wright      
Morten Gotterup      
Scott Ford      
Dave Fusco      
Jay Blumenfeld      
Mike Diffley      
Tom Sutter      
       
6. Qualifiers in the 2020 Met Open Championship      
       
7. Top 20 Seniors in the 2020 NJSGA and CSGA Open and the 2019 NYS Open.      
       
8. MGA Senior Amateur Champions for the last 5 years      
Jim Graham 2019 Senior Amateur Champion    
Adam Kugler 2018 Senior Amateur Champion    
Allan Small 2017 Senior Amateur Champion    
George J Zahringer III 2016 Senior Amateur Champion    
George J Zahringer III 2015 Senior Amateur Champion    
       
9. Top 10 finishers in the 2019 MGA Senior Amateur Championship      
Jim Graham      
Ken Bakst      
Ned Zachar      
Adam Kugler      
Jay Blumenfeld      
Todd Wood      
Roger Hoit      
Peter Van Ingen      
Michael Troy      
Dave Scialabba      
       
10. Top 5 Seniors who make the cut in the 2019 MGA Mid-Amateur Championship      
Ken Bakst      
Robert Johnson      
Dave Scialabba      
Alan Specht      
Philip Mintz      
       
       
11. Qualifiers and alternates for the 2019 USGA: Open (LQR/SQR); Senior Open; Amateur; Mid-Amateur, or Senior Amateur    
Roger Hoit U.S. Senior Am    
Edward Armagost U.S. Senior Am    
Patrick Pierson U.S. Senior Am    
Dennis Lynch U.S. Senior Am    
Ken Cohen U.S. Senior Am    
Mike Meehan U.S. Senior Open    
Scott Paris U.S. Senior Open    
Shaun Powers U.S. Senior Open    
Mike Caporale U.S. Senior Open    
       
12. Top 20 in the 2019 LIGA and WGA Open      
Andrew Svoboda LI Open    
Nick Beddow LI Open    
Matt Sita LI Open    
Anthony Aruta LI Open    
Kyle Brey LI Open    
Danny Balin LI Open    
Timothy Rosenhouse LI Open    
Chris White LI Open    
Joshua Rackley LI Open    
Michael Furci LI Open    
Sean Hand LI Open    
Prescott Butler LI Open    
Rob Corcoran LI Open    
Ben Pirro LI Open    
Mark Brown LI Open    
Clancy Waugh LI Open    
Kevin Breen LI Open    
Sean Quinlivan LI Open    
Cody Homer LI Open    
James Hazen LI Open    
Kirk Oguri LI Open    
James Hazen LI Open    
Frank Bensel WGA Open    
Greg Bisconti WGA Open    
David Schuster WGA Open    
Rob Labritz WGA Open    
Cameron Wilson WGA Open    
Adam Rainaud WGA Open    
Tim Puetz WGA Open    
Casey Pyne WGA Open    
Cory Muller WGA Open    
Justin Bardgett WGA Open    
Mike Ballo Jr WGA Open    
Shaun Powers WGA Open    
Corey Birch WGA Open    
Chris Gabriele WGA Open    
CJ Swift WGA Open    
Max Buckley WGA Open    
Jeffrey Wattles WGA Open    
Paul Pastore WGA Open    
Carl Alexander WGA Open    
John Schob WGA Open    
Tyler Cline WGA Open    
Nicholas Yaun WGA Open    
       
13. Top 10 from the 2020 Met PGA and 2019 NJSGA/NJ PGA Senior Open Championship      
Mark McCormick NJSGA/NJPGA Top 10    
Jim McGovern NJSGA/NJPGA Top 10    
Brent Studer NJSGA/NJPGA Top 10    
Frank Esposito NJSGA/NJPGA Top 10    
Jim Beadle NJSGA/NJPGA Top 10    
Tom Hyland NJSGA/NJPGA Top 10    
David Glenz NJSGA/NJPGA Top 10    
Mike LaBrutto NJSGA/NJPGA Top 10    
Scott Paris NJSGA/NJPGA Top 10    
Carlos Ochoa NJSGA/NJPGA Top 10    
Paul Lejeune NJSGA/NJPGA Top 10    
Bill Britton NJSGA/NJPGA Top 10    
Frank Bensel Met PGA Top 10    
Scott Ford Met PGA Top 10    
Christopher Toulson Met PGA Top 10    
Tom Sutter Met PGA Top 10    
Sean Farren Met PGA Top 10    
Scott Wise Met PGA Top 10    
Craig Thomas Met PGA Top 10    
Jim Farrell Met PGA Top 10    
Carl Alexander Met PGA Top 10    
Michael Laudien Met PGA Top 10    
       
14. Top 3 finishers in the 2019 LIGA Senior Open Championship      
Darrell Kestner      
Charles Bolling      
Mark Brown      
       
15. 2019 NJSGA Pre-Senior and 2019 Senior Amateur Champions      
Pre Senior: Peter Kozubal Senior Amateur: Norman Lewis    
       
16. Reigning WGA, LIGA, NYSGA, and CSGA Senior Amateur Champions as of August 5, 2020      
WGA - Tom Yellin LIGA - Ed Gibstein NYSGA - Daniel Russo CSGA - Bill Hermanson
       
17. 2019 Stoddard Cup team members      
       
       
18. Professional representative from Essex County and the curent Club and Senior Club Champion    
       
19. Special Invitees of the MGA Executive Committee      
       
20. Anyone exempt for the Met Open is exempt for the Met Senior Open       

 

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