| Exemptions (Public Links): | |
| 1. MGA Public Links Champions for the last 5 years | |
| Gray Barnes | 2019 |
| Jonathan Jeter | 2018 |
| Alex Kang | 2017 |
| Michael Miranda | 2016 |
| David Cha | 2015 |
| 2. Past Champions of Ike, Met Amateur, Met Open, and MGA Mid-Amateur. | |
| 3. Five lowest scores (& ties) in the 2019 MGA Public Links Championship | |
| Gray Barnes | |
| David Powers | |
| Jon Ross | |
| Nick Dilio | |
| Ryan Lee | |
| Chris Lee | |
| Jason Bataille | |
| Rob Pepi | |
| Shawn Blandine | |
| 4. Reigning Ike, Amateur, Mid-Am, Junior, and Carter Cup Champions | |
| Mark Costanza | Ike |
| Jack Wall | Amateur |
| Tom Timby | Mid-Amateur |
| Luke Sample | Junior |
| James Allen | Carter Cup |
| 5. Low Amateur in the 2020 Met Open Championship and 2019 NYSGA Amateur Champion | |
| Luke Sample | Met Open |
| Ben Reichert | NYSGA |
| 6) Reigning WGA, NJSGA and CSGA Public Links Champions | |
| WGA | |
| Michael Winter | NJSGA |
| Connor Roche | CSGA |
| 7. Reigning NJSGA, WGA, NYC, and CSGA Amateur Champions | |
| Austin Deveraux | NJSGA |
| Bradford Tilley | WGA |
| NYC | |
| Carter Prince | LIGA |
| Christopher Fosdick | CSGA |
| 8. The 2020 MGA Player of the Year Honor Roll | |
| Mark Costanza | |
| Luke Sample | |
| Bradford Tilley | |
| Ethan Ng | |
| Sam Goldenring | |
| Dawson Jones | |
| Dean Greyserman | |
| Ryan Davis | |
| Justin Lane | |
| Saptak Talwar | |
| 9. Anyone exempt for the Met Amateur and/or Met Open Championships will also be exempt to the MGA Public Links Championship | |
| 10. Club Champion at the Championship Host Club (Pound Ridge) | |
| 11. Special invitees of the MGA Executive Committee | |
Please Note: This list of exempt players is updated weekly. If you are exempt and unable to register, please contact the MGA Championships Department at (914) 347-4653 or championships@mgagolf.org.