| Exemptions (Met Open): | |
| 1. All Past Met Open Champions | |
| Andrew Svoboda | |
| 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 2021 Met Open Championship | |
| Andrew Svoboda | |
| Tom Lovelady | |
| David Pastore | |
| Jack Wall | |
| Matt Dobyns | |
| Paul Pastore | |
| Tyler Hall | |
| Joshua Rackley | |
| Mark Costanza | |
| Brent Ito | |
| Peter Ballo | |
| Rob Labritz | |
| Sunny Kim | |
| Del Ponchock | |
| Bradford Tilley | |
| Nick Dilio | |
| Matthew Lowe | |
| Nick Bova | |
| Alex Beach | |
| Jay Card | |
| Austin Devereux | |
| Steve Shellock | |
| Peter Kampmann | |
| Ryan Siegler | |
| Vince Kwon | |
| Micheal Koeneke | |
| Thomas Lee | |
| Johnson Wagner | |
| Michael Graboyes | |
| 4. 2022 Open Champions of the LIGA, NJSGA, CSGA, and WGA | |
| Reid Howey | LIGA |
| TBU | NJSGA |
| TBU | CSGA |
| Bradford Tilley | WGA |
| 5. 2022 Long Island and Westchester PGA Champions | |
| Matthew Dubrowski | Long Island |
| Paul Selvaggio | Westchester |
| 6. 2021 NJ and Met PGA Section Champions, NJPGA Fall Finale Champion and MGA Senior Open Champion | |
| Tyler Hall | NJPGA Section Champion |
| Peter Ballo | Met PGA Section Champion |
| Jim McGovern | NJPGA Fall Finale Champion |
| David Schuster | MGA Senior Open Champion |
| 7. 2022 Met Amateur and Ike Champions | |
| TBU | Met Amateur Champion |
| TBU | Ike Champion |
| 8. 2022 NJSGA, NYSGA, CSGA, LIGA and WGA Amateur Champions | |
| TBU | NJSGA |
| TBU | NYSGA |
| Ben Carpenter | CSGA |
| Peicheng Chen | LIGA |
| TBU | WGA |
| 9. Past U.S. Open and PGA Champions | |
| 10. Top 3 on the 2021 MGA Player of the Year and the current leader on the 2022 MGA Player of the Year list as of entry deadline. | |
| Mark Costanza | |
| Bradford Tilley | |
| Darin Goldstein | |
| Current Leader - TBA | |
| 11. Top 5 on the 2021 Metropolitan and New Jersey PGA Section Player of the Year lists | |
| Danny Balin | Met PGA |
| Peter Ballo | Met PGA |
| Rob Labritz | Met PGA |
| Matt Dobyns | Met PGA |
| Dylan Newman | Met PGA |
| Tyler Hall | NJPGA |
| Danny Lewis | NJPGA |
| Nick Bova | NJPGA |
| Brent Paladino | NJPGA |
| Bill Hook | NJPGA |
| 12. Qualifiers for the 2022 U.S. Open and PGA Championships | |
| 13. 2022 NYS Open, NJPGA Charity Clambake, and NJPGA Match Play Champions | |
| NYS Open | |
| Grant Sturgeon | NJPGA Charity Clambake |
| Grant Sturgeon | NJPGA Match Play |
| 14. 2021 Hoffhine Memorial Champion | |
| Peter Ballo | |
| 15. Top 500 in the Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) at the time of entry. | |
| 16. Top 500 in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) at the time of entry. | |
| 17. Professional representative and current Club Champion at Championship Host Club - Bethpage | |
| 18. Special Invitees of the MGA Executive Committee | |
