| Exemptions (Met Open): | |
| 1. All Past Met Open Champions | |
| Luke Sample | |
| Matt Dobyns | |
| Andrew Svoboda | |
| Josh Rackley | |
| Mark Brown | |
| Ben Polland | |
| Grant Sturgeon | |
| Mark Brown | |
| Danny Balin | |
| Tyler Hall | |
| Bob Rittberger | |
| Andrew Giuliani | |
| Mark Mielke | |
| Frank Bensel | |
| John Guyton | |
| John Stoltz | |
| Rick Hartmann | |
| Andrew Svoboda | |
| Johnson Wagner | |
| Johnson Wagner | |
| Michael Gilmore | |
| Mark Brown | |
| Rick Hartmann | |
| Mike Burke Jr. | |
| Bruce Zabriski | |
| Darrell Kestner | |
| Charlie Cowell | |
| Bruce Zabriski | |
| Mark Mielke | |
| Mike Diffley | |
| Larry Rentz | |
| Bobby Heins | |
| Bobby Heins | |
| Jim McGovern | |
| David Glenz | |
| George Zahringer | |
| Jim Albus | |
| Darrell Kestner | |
| Darrell Kestner | |
| Kelley Moser | |
| George Bullock | |
| Bill Britton | |
| David Glenz | |
| Martin Bohen | |
| 2. USGA Champions and members of the Walker Cup Team from the past 10 years | |
| 3. 25 lowest scores and ties in the 2020 Met Open Championship | |
| Luke Sample | |
| Ben Polland | |
| Paul Pastore | |
| Steve Shellock | |
| Jason Gore | |
| Michael Graboyes | |
| Jay Card | |
| Grant Sturgeon | |
| Ethan Ng | |
| Sam Goldenring | |
| Pat Fillian | |
| Luke Graboyes | |
| Casey Pyne | |
| Matthew Mattare | |
| Andrew Svoboda | |
| Christopher Gotterup | |
| David Abolt | |
| Mark Costanza | |
| Ryan Davis | |
| Bradford Tilley | |
| Matt Dobyns | |
| Dawson Jones | |
| John Stoltz | |
| Prescott Butler | |
| Stephen Walsh | |
| 4. 2021 Open Champions of the LIGA, NJSGA, CSGA, and WGA | |
| TBA | LIGA |
| TBA | NJSGA |
| TBA | CSGA |
| TBA | WGA |
| 5. 2021 Long Island and Westchester PGA Champions | |
| Rob Corcoran | Long Island |
| Tim Puetz | Westchester |
| 6. 2020 NJ and Met PGA Section Champions, NJPGA Fall Finale Champion and MGA Senior Open Champion | |
| Danny Lewis | NJPGA Section Champion |
| Jason Caron | Met PGA Section Champion |
| Grant Sturgeon | NJPGA Fall Finale Champion |
| Frank Esposito Jr. | MGA Senior Open Champion |
| 7. 2021 Met Amateur and Ike Champions | |
| TBA | Met Amateur Champion |
| TBA | Ike Champion |
| 8. 2021 NJSGA, NYSGA, CSGA, LIGA and WGA Amateur Champions | |
| TBA | NJSGA |
| TBA | NYSGA |
| TBA | CSGA |
| TBA | LIGA |
| TBA | WGA |
| 9. Past U.S. Open and PGA Champions | |
| 10. Top 3 on the 2020 MGA Player of the Year and the current leader on the 2021 MGA Player of the Year list as of entry deadline. | |
| Mark Costanza | |
| Luke Sample | |
| Bradford Tilley | |
| Current Leader - TBA | |
| 11. Top 5 on the 2020 Metropolitan and New Jersey PGA Section Player of the Year lists | |
| Jason Caron | Met PGA |
| Matt Dobyns | Met PGA |
| Ben Polland | Met PGA |
| Dylan Newman | Met PGA |
| Alex Beach | Met PGA |
| Danny Lewis | NJPGA |
| Grant Sturgeon | NJPGA |
| Pat Fillian | NJPGA |
| Tyler Hall | NJPGA |
| Tony Perla | NJPGA |
| 12. Qualifiers for the 2021 U.S. Open and PGA Championships | |
| 13. 2021 NYS Open, NJPGA Charity Clambake, and NJPGA Match Play Champions | |
| NYS Open | |
| Bill Hook | NJPGA Charity Clambake |
| Danny Lewis | NJPGA Match Play |
| 14. 2020 Hoffhine Memorial Champion | |
| Gregory Bisconti | |
| 15. Top 500 in the Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) at the time of entry. | |
| 16. Professional representative and current Club Champion at Championship Host Club - Mountain Ridge | |
| Mike Koeneke | Club Champion |
| Del Ponchock | Professional Representative |
| 17. 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