| Exemptions (Met Amateur): | ||||
| 1. Individual Met Open, Met Amateur & Ike Champions from the last 5 years. | ||||
| Ike | Met Am | Met Open | Met Open | |
| 2020 | Mark Costanza | Jack Wall | Luke Sample | Matt Dobyns |
| 2019 | Dawson Jones | Chris Gotterup | Matt Dobyns | Andrew Svoboda |
| 2018 | Michael Graboyes | Ryan Davis | Andrew Svoboda | Joshua Rackley |
| 2017 | Matt Lowe | Matt Mattare | Joshua Rackley | Mark Brown |
| 2016 | Cameron Young | Stewart Hagestad | Mark Brown | Ben Polland |
| 2. USGA Champions and members of the Walker Cup team from the last 10 years | ||||
| 3. 2020 Met Amateur Quarterfinalists and MGA Mid-Amateur Champion | ||||
| Jack Wall | Met Amateur Quarterfinalist | |||
| Luke Sample | Met Amateur Quarterfinalist | |||
| Justin Lane | Met Amateur Quarterfinalist | |||
| Ben Mitchell | Met Amateur Quarterfinalist | |||
| Ryan Davis | Met Amateur Quarterfinalist | |||
| Dean Greyserman | Met Amateur Quarterfinalist | |||
| Dawson Jones | Met Amateur Quarterfinalist | |||
| Will Voetsch | Met Amateur Quarterfinalist | |||
| Tom Timby | MGA Mid-Amateur Champion | |||
| 4. Met Amateur Champions prior to 1984 | ||||
| 5. 2021 Amateur Champions of the LIGA, CSGA, NJSGA, WGA, and 2019 NYSGA | ||||
| 2021 WGA Am Champion | ||||
| Chris Fosdick | 2021 CSGA Am Champion | |||
| Tyler Gerbavsits | 2021 LIGA Am Champion | |||
| 2021 NJSGA Am Champion | ||||
| Ben Reichert | 2019 NYSGA Am Champion | |||
| 6. 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 | ||||
| 7. 2021 NYC Amateur and MGA Public Links Champions | ||||
| NYC Amateur | ||||
| Jonathan Jeter | MGA Pub Links | |||
| 8. Club Champion at the Championships Host Club - Plainfield | ||||
| 9. Low Amateur in the 2020 Met Open Championship | ||||
| Luke Sample | ||||
| 10. Top ten finishers in the 2021 Ike Championship | Top 10 in the 2020 Ike Championship (for 2021 only) | |||
| Matthew Fields | Mark Costanza | |||
| Max Buckley | Ethan Ng | |||
| Sam Goldenring | Ben Carpenter | |||
| Christian Cavaliere | Prescott Butler | |||
| Matt Goldman | Bradford Tilley | |||
| Peter Bradbeer | James McHugh | |||
| Stephen Wentz | Colin Dolph | |||
| Jack Wall | Justin Lane | |||
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Matthew Ferrari |
Saptak Talwar | |||
| William O'Neill | Brendan Hansen | |||
| Mark Costanza | George Roessler | |||
| Luke Sample | ||||
| Garrett Engel | ||||
| 11. Five leaders (minimum of 100 points) on the 2021 MGA Player of the Year as of Sunday, July 4 | ||||
| Darin Goldstein | ||||
| Matthew Fields | ||||
| Christian Cavaliere | ||||
| Eric Lefante | ||||
| Tyler Gerbavsits | ||||
| 12. 2021 Met Junior Champion | ||||
| 13. Top 500 in the Mens WAGR at the time of entry | ||||
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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