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.