| 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 | |||
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