| Exemptions (Long Island Open): | ||
| 1. All Past Long Island Open Champions | ||
| Jason Caron | ||
| Andrew Svoboda | ||
| John Daniel Guiney | ||
| Jimmy Hazen | ||
| Jim Farrell | ||
| Jimmy Hazen | ||
| Matt Dobyns | ||
| Michael Meehan | ||
| Matt Dobyns | ||
| Mark Brown | ||
| Michael Meehan | ||
| 2. All competitors who returned 54 hole scores for the 2020 Long Island Open (this exemption will adjust in 2022 to the low 30 and ties in the 2021 Open.) | ||
| Jason Caron | ||
| Lucas Cromeenes | ||
| Matt Dobyns | ||
| Danny Balin | ||
| Ben Polland | ||
| Matthew Lowe | ||
| David Abolt | ||
| Mike Meehan | ||
| Scott Ford | ||
| Connor Costello | ||
| Andrew Svoboda | ||
| Darin Goldstein | ||
| Nick Beddow | ||
| Sam O'Hara | ||
| Christopher White | ||
| Anthony Aruta | ||
| Sean Quinlivan | ||
| Kyle Brey | ||
| Jack Casler | ||
| Jamie Kilmer | ||
| Jay Card | ||
| Timothy Rosenhouse | ||
| James Hazen | ||
| Cody Homer | ||
| Philip Cardwell | ||
| Prescott Butler | ||
| Tom Withee | ||
| Ben Mitchell | ||
| Sebastian Hutman | ||
| Mark Brown | ||
| Alex Willey | ||
| Kevin Talty | ||
| Kyle Higgins | ||
| Caleb Wilson | ||
| John Yu | ||
| Brian Hwang | ||
| Matt Noel | ||
| Matthew Dubrowski | ||
| Colby Anderson | ||
| Garrett Engel | ||
| Erik Easton | ||
| Hunter Semels | ||
| Charlie Bolling | ||
| Johnson Ko | ||
| Darrell Kestner | ||
| Rob Corcoran | ||
| Patrick O'Halloran | ||
| Robert Gick | ||
| 3. 2021 Long Island Met PGA Championship Semifinalists | ||
| Erik Easton | ||
| Rob Corcoran | ||
| John Guyton | ||
| Matt Dobyns | ||
| 4. Top 5 and ties in the 2020 Met PGA Championship, NYS Open and Met Open Championship | ||
| Jason Caron | Met PGA | |
| Reid Howey | Met PGA | |
| Matt Dobyns | Met PGA | |
| Dylan Newman | Met PGA | |
| John DiPilato | Met PGA | |
| Del Ponchock | Met PGA | |
| James Nicholas | NYS Open | |
| Jason Caron | NYS Open | |
| Josh Goldenberg | NYS Open | |
| Alex Beach | NYS Open | |
| Andrew Svoboda | NYS Open | |
| Luke Sample | Met Open | |
| Ben Polland | Met Open | |
| Paul Pastore | Met Open | |
| Steve Shellock | Met Open | |
| Jason Gore | Met Open | |
| 5. 2020 Hoffine Memorial Champion | ||
| Gregory Bisconti | ||
| 6. 2020 Met PGA Assisstants Champion | ||
| Dylan Newman | ||
| 7. Top 25 on the Met PGA Player of the Year list from the Long Island section. (Farley Cup) | ||
| Jason Caron | ||
| Matt Dobyns | ||
| Ben Polland | ||
| Anthony Aruta | ||
| Danny Balin | ||
| Scott Ford | ||
| Matthew Sita | ||
| Sean Quinlivan | ||
| Caleb Wilson | ||
| Mike Midgette | ||
| Kyle Higgins | ||
| Mike Meehan | ||
| Mark Brown | ||
| Philip Cardwell | ||
| Darrell Kestner | ||
| Nick Beddow | ||
| Travis Johnson | ||
| John Guyton | ||
| Connor Costello | ||
| Matt Noel | ||
| Jamie Kilmer | ||
| Tom Withee | ||
| Kevin Breen | ||
| Sebastian Hutman | ||
| Nick DeFalco | ||
| 8. Qualifiers for the 2021 PGA Championship and 2020 U.S. Open, 2021 U.S Open SQR & 2021 U.S. Senior Open | ||
| Joe Horowitz | 2021 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying | |
| Christopher White | 2021 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying | |
| Jesse Fitzgerald | 2021 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying | |
| Gerald Mackedon | 2021 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying | |
| Matthew Lowe | 2021 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying | |
| John Guyton | 2021 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying | |
| Caleb Wilson | 2021 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying | |
| Danny Balin | 2021 PGA Championship | |
| 9. 2020 Long Island Senior Open Champion and Low Amateur | ||
| Jim Farrell | ||
| Dennis Lynch | ||
| 10. 2020 Long Island Amateur Semifinalists | ||
| Carter Prince | ||
| Max Siegfried | ||
| Bryan Pendrick | ||
| Ryan Rittberger | ||
| 11. Current Champion and runner-up of; Richardson, LI Mid-Am & Hebron | ||
| Bradford Tilley | Richardson | |
| Colin Dolph | Richardson | |
| Brett Cooper | Mid-Am | |
| Darin Goldstein | Mid-Am | |
| Kyle Ritchie | Hebron | |
| Jeremy Quinn | Hebron | |
| Sam O'Hara | Hebron | |
| 12. Current Champion of Richardson Senior Division, LI Junior and Senior Am | ||
| Alan Specht | Richardson Senior Division | |
| Sam O'Hara | Junior | |
| Dave Scialabba | Senior Am | |
| 13. 2020 Met Amateur Championship; all competitors who qualify for match play. | ||
| Jack Wall | ||
| Luke Sample | ||
| Justin Lane | ||
| Ben Mitchell | ||
| Ryan Davis | ||
| Dean Greyserman | ||
| Dawson Jones | ||
| Will Voetsch | ||
| Sam Bernstein | ||
| Mark Costanza | ||
| Eric Lefante | ||
| Matthew Mattare | ||
| Sam Goldenring | ||
| Jackson Fretty | ||
| Ben Carpenter | ||
| Saptak Talwar | ||
| 14. Top 5 low scores and ties at the 2020 Ike. | ||
| Mark Costanza | ||
| Ethan Ng | ||
| Ben Carpenter | ||
| Prescott Butler | ||
| Bradford Tilley | ||
| 15. Top 10 on the 2020 LIGA Player of the Year list. | ||
| Darin Goldstein | ||
| Prescott Butler | ||
| Kyle Ritchie | ||
| Shane Devincenzo | ||
| Carter Prince | ||
| Sam O'Hara | ||
| Colin Dolph | ||
| Garrett Engel | ||
| Colby Anderson | ||
| Ben Mitchell | ||
| 16. 2020 Senior Amateur Player of the Year | ||
| Dave Scialabba | ||
| 17. 2020 MGA Player of the Year Honor Roll | ||
| Mark Costanza | ||
| Luke Sample | ||
| Bradford Tilley | ||
| Ethan Ng | ||
| Sam Goldenring | ||
| Dawson Jones | ||
| Dean Greyserman | ||
| Ryan Davis | ||
| Justin Lane | ||
| Saptak Talwar | ||
| 18. Qualifiers for U.S. Amateur and match play contestants for U.S. Mid Amateur (in effect for 2021). | ||
| 19. Top 500 WAGR at the time of entry. | ||
| 20. Competitors in the most recent Stoddard Trophy Team Matches | ||
| Jonathan Jeter | Colby Anderson | Ben Pirro |
| Chris White | Alex Kang | Will Rand |
| Dan Abbondandolo | Bryan Pendrick | Jay Sessa |
| Brett Cooper | Prescott Butler | David Prowler |
| Russ Aue | Dave Segot | Ken Bakst |
| 21. Past US Open and PGA Champions | ||
| 22. USGA Champions and members of the Walker Cup Team from the past 10 years. | ||
| 23. 2 Professional Representatives from the host club and the club champion. | ||
| Ted Heins | ||
| Tyler Slocum | ||
| 24. LI Open Special Exemptions | ||
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