Exemption Categories (if otherwise eligible):
1. Met Amateur, Ike and Met Open Champions from the last five (5) years.
Met Am Ike Met Open
2025 Reed Greyserman Dean Greyserman David Pastore (P)
2024 Donte Groppuso Peicheng Chen (P) Peter Ballo (P)
2023 Josh German Melan Dhaubhadel (P) Dylan Newman (P)
2022 Brad Tilley Luke Sample Ryan Siegler (P)
2021 Garett Engel Matt Fields Andrew Svoboda (P)
2. USGA Champions and members of the Walker Cup Team from the last 10 years.
3. 2025 Met Amateur Quarterfinalists and MGA Mid-Amateur Champion.
Christian Cavaliere
Mark Costanza
Dean Greyserman
Jack Chung
Matthew Lowe
Drew Mulcahy
Reed Greyserman
Matt Rawitzer
Hunter Jones
4. Met Amateur Champions prior to 1984.
5. Current Champion of the NJ Golf, WGA, NYC, NYSGA, CSGA and LIGA Amateur and Open Championships by July 19, 2026.
Amateur Open
NJ Golf
July 6-8 WGA June 15 - 16
NYC
NYSGA
CSGA
June 23-26 LIGA June 9-11
6. 2025 MGA Player of the Year Honor Roll.
Christian Cavaliere
Matthew Lowe
Dean Greyserman
Reed Greyserman
Nathan Han
Barnes Blake
Mark Costanza
Adam Friedman
Darin Goldstein
Ben Mitchell
7. 2026 NYC Amateur and MGA Public Links Champions.
NYC
Public Links 18-Jun
8. Club Champion at the Championship Host Club – Deepdale Golf Club.
Darin Goldstein
9. Low Amateur in the 2025 Met Open Championship.
Nathan Han
10. Top ten finishers in the 2026 Ike Championship.
11. Five leaders (minimum of 100 points) on the 2026 MGA Player of the Year as of July 17, 2026.
12. 2026 Met Junior Champion
13. Top 500 in the Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) at the time of entry.
Players must identify themselves at registration.
14. Special exemptions as determined by the MGA.