| Exemptions (Public Links): | |
| 1. MGA Public Links Champions for the last five years. | |
| Jonathan Jeter | |
| Gray Barnes | |
| Jonathan Jeter | |
| Alexander Kang | |
| Michael Miranda | |
| 2.) Past Champions of the Ike, Met Amateur, Met Open, and Mid-Amateur | |
| 3.) Five lowest scores in the 2021 MGA Public Links Championship | |
| Jonathan Jeter | |
| Ryan Lee | |
| Andrew Lord | |
| Erik Stauderman | |
| Gavin Rau | |
| 4.) Reigning Ike, Amateur, Mid-Amateur, Junior and Carter Cup Champions | |
| Matthew Fields | Ike |
| Garett Engel | Amateur |
| Chris DeJohn | Mid-Amateur |
| Colin Summers | Junior |
| Nathan Drogin | Carter Cup |
| 5.) Low Amateur in the 2021 Met Open Championship and 2021 NYSGA Amateur Champion | |
| Jack Wall | Met Open |
| James Allen | NYSGA |
| 6.) Reigning WGA, NJSGA and CSGA Public Links Champions as of June 16th | |
| WGA | |
| Ryan Lee | NJSGA |
| Nicholas Waddington | CSGA |
| 7.) Reigning NJSGA, WGA, NYC, LIGA and CSGA Amateur Champions as of June 16th | |
| Michael Brown | NJSGA |
| Chris Scialo | WGA |
| NYC | |
| Tyler Gerbavsits | LIGA |
| Christopher Fosdick | CSGA |
| 8.) 2021 MGA Player of the Year Honor Roll | |
| Mark Costanza | |
| Bradford Tilley | |
| Darin Goldstein | |
| Garett Engel | |
| Michael Brown | |
| Trevor Randolph | |
| Christian Cavaliere | |
| Chris DeJohn | |
| Michael Auerbach | |
| Jackson Fretty | |
| 9.) Anyone exempt for the Met Amateur or Met Open Championship will also be exempt to the MGA Public Links Championship | |
| 10.) Club Champion at the Championship Host Club - Rock Spring | |
| 11.) Special Invitees of the MGA Executive Committee | |
