EXEMPTION CATEGORIES (IF OTHERWISE ELIGIBILE)
1. All past LIGA Open Champions.
Matt Dobyns
James Nicholas
Reid Howey
Andrew Svoboda
Jason Caron
J.D. Guiney
Jimmy Hazen
Jim Farrell
Michael Meehan
Mark Brown
Abbie Valentine
Darrell Kestner
Bob Rittberger
Keith Blythe
Ron Faria
Rick Hartman
Mark Mielke
2. Top 30 Low scores and ties in the 2024 Long Island Open Championship
Matt Dobyns
Jay Card
Danny Balin
Tyler Gerbavsits
Matthew Lowe
Patrick Healy
Ben Mitchell
Michael Winter
Dylan Crowley
Dylan Newman
Josh German
Darin Goldstein
Chris Lambrou
Peicheng Chen
Andre Chi
Mike Meehan
Dylan Gallagher
Andrew Osofsky
Michael Auerbach
Turner Foster
Connor Costello
Joesph Dolezal
Colin Dolph
Clancy Waugh
Michael Frizalone
Charlie Berridge
Matthew Dubrowski
Brett Cooper
Daniel Abbondandolo
Sebastian Hutman
Carter Prince
3. 2025 Long Island Met PGA Championship Semifinalists
4. Top 5 and ties in the 2024 Met PGA Championship, NYS Open and Met Open Championship
NYS Open Met Open Met PGA
Peter Ballo (W) Peter Ballo (W) Dylan Newman (LI)
Josh Goldenberg (W) Ethan Ng (NJ) Frank Bensel (W)
Matt Lowe (LI) Colin Summers (NJ) Casey Pyne (W)
Mike Miller (W) Armando Favela Cian Curley (W)
Cian Curley (W) Jack Wall (NJ) Danny Balin (LI)
Christian Cavaliere (W) Sean Quinlivan (LI)
Matt Dubrowski (LI)
5. 2024 Hoffhine Memorial Champion
Casey Pyne (W)
6. 2024 Met PGA Assistants Champion
7. Top 25 on the Met PGA Player of the Year list from the Long Island Section (Farley Cup)*
Dylan Newman
Matt Dobyns
Dany Balin
Jason Caron
Connor Costello
Paul Dickinson
Shea Wolfe
Matt Dubrowski
Sean Quinlivan
Caleb Wilson
Reid Howey
Alex Willey
Luke Polland
Lucas Spahl
Ryan George
Mike Meehan
Bill Van Orman
Scott Ford
Darrell Kestner
Matt Noel
Anthony Aruta
Jamie Kilmer
Philip Cardwell
Steven Luerssen
Cindy LaCrosse
8. Qualifiers for the 2025 PGA Championship, U.S. Open SQR, U.S. Senior Open, and 2024 U.S. Open.
9. 2024 Long Island Senior Open Champion and Low Amateur.
Senior Open Champ Steve Donnelly
Low Amateur Noah Pilipski
10. 2024 Long Island Amateur semifinalists
Darin Goldstein
Max Silverman
Jonathan Farber
Char Russekoff
11. Current Champion and Runner-Up of: Richardson, LI Mid-Amateur, & Hebron
Richardson
Richardson
LI Mid-Am Matthew Rendell
LI Mid-Am Colin Dolph
Hebron Michael McConie
Hebron Arjun Singh Bhatia
12. Current Champion of Richardson Senior Division, LI Junior, & LI Senior Am
Richardson
LI Junior Jiajun Wang
LI Senior Am Dave Scialabba
13. 2024 Met Amateur Championship; all competitors who qualify for match play
Jack Wall (NJ)
Adam Friedman (W)
Matthew Lowe (LI)
Derek Gutierrez (NJ
Lucas Rizo-Patron (W)
Tim Hegarty (W)
Christian Cavalierre (W)
Eric Lefante (NJ)
Peicheng Chen (LI)
Jack Chung (W)
Charlie Berridge (W)
Colin Summers (NJ)
Josh German (LI)
Donte Groppuso (W)
Darin Goldstein (LI)
Chris Dejohn (NJ)
14. Top 5 Low scores and ties at the 2024 Ike.
Peicheng Chen (LI)
Jack Wall (NJ)
Tim Hegarty (W)
Nathan Han (W)
Pat Wilson (NJ)
15. Top 10 on the 2024 LIGA Player of the Year list.
Matthew Lowe
Peicheng Chen
Josh German
Ben Mitchell
Jonathan Farber
Michael Auerbach
Michael McConie
Darin Goldstein
Carter Prince
Daniel Abbondandolo
Dean Muratore
16. 2024 LIGA Senior Amateur Player of the Year
Dave Scialabba
17. 2024 MGA Player of the Year Honor Roll
Matthew Lowe (LI)
Christian Cavaliere (W)
Colin Summers (NJ)
Peicheng Chen (LI)
Tim Hegarty (W)
Adam Friedman(W)
Jack Chung (W)
Derek Gutierrez (NJ)
Bradford Tilley (NJ)
Eric LeFante (NJ)
18. Qualifiers for the 2024 U.S. Amateur and match play contestants for the 2024 U.S. Mid Amateur.
19. Top 500 WAGR Ranking at time of entry.
20. Competitors in the most recent Stoddard Trophy Team Matches.
Dan Abbondandolo
Prescott Butler
Michael Auerbach
Carter Prince
Ben Mitchell
Brett Cooper
Peicheng Chen
Peter Scialabba
David Segot
Jonathan Farber
Dave Scialabba
Dennis Lynch
21. Past U.S. 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
Club Champ
Pro
Pro
24. LIGA Special Exemptions
*Players who are new to the LI section and would be eligible for an exemption based off their standing on the prior year Met PGA Player of the Year List are exempt under category 7.