Exemption Categories (if otherwise eligible):
1. Former Winners of the Carter Cup, Met Junior and MGA/MetLife Boys Championship.
Carter Cup Met Junior Boys
Jack Chung Jack Chung Zach Berger
Jonathan Weinberg Ken Fernandes
Minho Chung
2. 2025 Junior Champions of the NJSGA, CSGA, NYSGA.
NJSGA Henry Bolster
CSGA North Chery
NYSGA Liam Moloney
3. 15 Lowest scores plus ties in the 2025 Carter Cup.
Lucas Rizo-Patron
Rayhao Feng
Tucker Gongaware
Leon Bui
Liam Pasternak
Ethan Weinberg
Yiwen Wang
Jesse Hellring
Matthew Marigliano
Andrew Hahn
Matthew Difiore
Micahel Asselta
Colin McAskin
Owen Jessop
Jack Chung
4. Qualifiers for 2026 USGA Qualifiers and Alternates. Qualifiers for 2026 US Open Final Stage Qualifying.
5. 2025 Met Junior Semi-Finalists and MGA/MetLife Boys Runner-Up.
Met Junior Semi-Finalist Tucker Gongaware
Met Junior Semi-Finalist Jonathan Weinberg
Met Junior Semi-Finalist Josh Yan
Met Junior Semi-Finalist Alexander Weinberg
MGA/MetLife Boys Runner Up Samuel Gao
6. Anyone exempt for the Ike Stroke Play Championship, Met Amateur and/or Met Open Championships will also be exempt to the Junior/Boys Championships.
7. Top 750 in the Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) at the time of entry.
Players must identify themselves at registration.
8. Top 500 in the AJGA Rolex Rankings at the time of entry.
Players must identify themselves at registration.
9. Top 10 on the 2025 MGA Junior Player of the Year standings.
Lucas Rizo-Patron
Matthew Difiore
Yiwen Wang
Jonathan Weinberg
Alexander Weinberg
Tucker Gongawre
Josh Yan
Liam Moloney
Henry Bolster
Liam Pasternak
10. Current Junior Club Champion at Host Club - North Jersey Country Club.
Exemptions (MGA/MetLife Boys):
1. Former winners of MGA/MetLife Boys Championship. Defending Champion will be the 1 seed, if the previous champion is still eligible, they will be the 2 seed and so forth.
Minho Chung
Zach Berger
Ken Fernandes
2. Current Junior Club Champion at Host Club – Gardiner's Bay CC. Host Club Junior Champ will be the 9 seed.