Exemption Categories (if otherwise eligible):
1. All Past LIGA Open Champions.
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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 2025 Long Island Open Championship.
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Dylan Gallagher
Matthew Lowe
Peicheng Chen
Ben Mitchell
Danny Balin
Paul Dickinson
Patrick Healy
Matt Dobyns
Connor Costello
Lucas Spahl
Christopher Fischer
William Knauth
Matthew Morse
Michael Frizalone
Luke Polland
Johnny Bush
Matthew Dubrowski
James Hazen
Jesse Fitzgerald
Alex Willey
Tyler Gerbavsits
Daniel Abbondandolo
Ryan Rittberger
Arjun Singh Bhatia
Sean Quinlivan
Andre Chi
Kyle Brey
Armando Favela
Taimus Malik
Joseph Dolezal
Dean Muratore
3. 2026 Long Island Met PGA Championship Semifinalists.
May 4-7
4. Top 5 and ties in the 2025 Met PGA Championship, NYS Open and Met Open Championship.
Met PGA NYS Open Met Open
Danny Balin Christian Cavaliere David Pastore
Peter Ballo Peter Ballo Ryan McCormick
Andre Chi Lucas Spahl Peter Ballo
Matt Dobyns Dylan Newman Peter Bradbeer
Mike Ballo Ethan Ng Max Theodorakis
Peicheng Chen Nathan Han
5. 2025 Hoffhine Memorial Championship.
6. 2025 Met PGA Assistants Champion.
Andre Chi
7. Top 25 on the 2025 Met PGA Player of the Year list from the Long Island Section (Farley Cup).
Danny Balin
Andre Chi
Dylan Newman
Matt Dobyns
Lucas Spahl
Paul Dickinson
Connor Costello
Reid Howey
Taylor Davis
Luke Polland
Alex Willey
Matt Dubrowski
Cam Cappuzzo
Scott Ford
Bill Van Orman
Jesse Fitzgerald
Caleb Wilson
Scott Wise
Bob Rittberger
Sean Quinlivan
Ben Franjione
Ryan George
Cindy LaCrosse
Darrell Kestner
Jamie Kilmer
8. Qualifiers for the 2026 PGA Championship, U.S. Open Final Qualifier, U.S. Senior Open, & 2025 U.S. Open.
9. 2025 Long Island Senior Open Champion and Low Amateur.
Champion Loius De Kerillis
Low Am Gerard Connolly
10. 2025 Long Island Amateur Semifinalists.
Joseph Dolezal
Mackenzie Kim
Matthew Difiore
Peter Scialabba
11. Current Champion and Runner-Up of; Richardson, LI Mid-Am, & Hebron.
Richardson Champ April 30-May 2
Richardson Runner-up
LI Mid-Am Champ Michael Auerbach
LI Mid-Am Runner Up Brad Barnett & Jeff Higgs
Hebron Champ Joseph Guterding
Hebron Runner-Up Darin Goldstein
12. Current Champion of Richardson Senior Division, LI Junior, and LI Senior Am.
Richardson Senior April 30-May 2
LI Junior Hudson Vargas
LI Senior Am David Segot
13. 2025 Met Amateur Championship; all competitors who qualify for match play.
Jackson Roman
Christian Cavaliere
Mark Costanza
Derek Gutierrez
Dean Greyserman
Chris DeJohn
Bradford Tilley
Jack Chung
Matthew Lowe
Adam Friedman
Drew Mulcahy
Barnes Blake
Reed Greyserman
Ben Loomis
Tim Hegarty
Matt Rawitzer
14. Top 5 Low scores and ties at the 2025 Ike.
Reed Greyserman
Mike Rothberg
Nathan Han
Jose Ramirez
Barnes Blake
Mark Costanza
Colin Summers
15. Top 10 on the 2025 LIGA Player of the Year list.
Matthew Lowe
Darin Goldstein
Joseph Dolezal
Ben Mitchell
Michael Auerbach
Jonathan Farber
William Knauth
Brett Cooper
Daniel Abbondandolo
Dean Muratore
16. 2025 Senior Amateur Player of the Year.
David Segot
17. 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
18. Qualifiers for the 2025 U.S. Amateur and match play contestants for the 2025 U.S. Mid Amateur.
19. Top 500 WAGR Ranking at the time of entry.
Players must identify themselves at registration.
20. Competitors in the most recent Stoddard Trophy Team Matches.
Darin Goldstein
Ben Mitchell
Dean Muratore
Michael McConie
Michael Auerbach
Daniel Abbondandolo
Carter Prince
Matthew Lowe
William Knauth
Brett Cooper
Thomas Trakoval
Alan Specht
David Segot
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 Amateur Club Representative.
Pro Alex Smith
Pro Ryan Martin
Club Representative Garrett Engel
24. LIGA Special Exemptions.
*Players who are new to the LI section and would be eligible for an exemption based off of their standing on the prior year Met PGA Player of the Year List are exempt under category 7.