| Exemptions (Senior Open): | |
| 1. MGA Senior Open Champions for the last ten years | |
| Frank Esposito Jr. | 2020 Senior Open Champion |
| Shaun Powers | 2019 Senior Open Champion |
| Mark Mielke | 2018 Senior Open Champion |
| Bill Britton | 2017 Senior Open Champion |
| Jim McGovern | 2016 Senior Open Champion |
| Mark Mielke | 2015 Senior Open Champion |
| Adam Kugler | 2014 Senior Open Champion |
| Craig Thomas | 2013 Senior Open Champion |
| Peter Busch | 2012 Senior Open Champion |
| Mike Burke | 2011 Senior Open Champion |
| 2. USGA Champions and members of the Walker Cup Team from the past 10 years | |
| Jim Liu / Stewart Hagestad / Morgan Hoffman | |
| 3. Qualifiers and exempt players for the 2021 National Senior Club Pro Championship | |
| 4. Past Met Open, Amateur, Ike and Mid-Amateur Champions (age 60 or less) | |
| 5. Top 25 finishers in the 2020 MGA Senior Open Championship | |
| Frank Esposito Jr. | |
| Mike Meehan | |
| Edward Whitman | |
| Ken Pridgen | |
| David Young | |
| Jim McGovern | |
| Craig Thomas | |
| Scott Ford | |
| James Famula | |
| Brian Flanagan | |
| Brent Studer | |
| Frank Bensel | |
| Chris Sullivan | |
| Shaun Powers | |
| Scott Wise | |
| Jim Farrell | |
| Jerry Courville | |
| Peter Kozubal | |
| Michael Burke | |
| Vince Ramagli | |
| Paul Lejeune | |
| Mark McCormick | |
| George Zahringer | |
| Thomas Sutter | |
| Jamie Slonis | |
| 6. Qualifiers and exempt players in the 2021 Met Open Championship | |
| 7. Seniors who complete 18 holes at the 2021 NYS, NJSGA, CSGA, LIGA, and WGA Opens. | |
| 8. MGA Senior Amateur Champions for the last 5 years | |
| Ned Zachar | 2020 Senior Amateur Champion |
| Jim Graham | 2019 Senior Amateur Champion |
| Adam Kugler | 2018 Senior Amateur Champion |
| Allan Small | 2017 Senior Amateur Champion |
| George J Zahringer III | 2016 Senior Amateur Champion |
| 9. Top 10 finishers in the 2021 MGA Senior Amateur Championship | |
| Roddy McRae | |
| Dennis Lynch | |
| Don Enga | |
| Roger Hoit | |
| Bart Weissman | |
| Stephen Boyd | |
| Cyrus Whitney | |
| Dave Scialabba | |
| Marc Coleman | |
| Alan Specht | |
| John Capra | |
| 10. Top 5 Seniors who make the cut in the 2020 MGA Mid-Amateur Championship | |
| Tom Timby | |
| Gregg Angelillo | |
| Edward Walsh | |
| D. Scott Mackesy | |
| David Segot | |
| 11. Qualifiers and alternates for all 2021 USGA Championships: Open (LQR/SQR); Senior Open; Four-Ball; Amateur; Mid-Amateur, or Senior Amateur | |
| 12. Top 15 from the 2021 Met PGA and NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open Championships. | |
| Peter Kozubal | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Greg Bake | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Jim McGovern | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Brent Studer | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Frank Esposito | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Jamie Slonis | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Brian Gaffney | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Ken Pridgen | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Michael McGovern | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Bill Walker | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Gregg Angelillo | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| David Quin | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Derrick Scenn | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Edward Walsh | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| Lou Kubisa | NJSGA/NJPGA Senior Open |
| 13. Top 5 Finishers in the 2020 LIGA & WGA Senior Open Championships | |
| Jim Farrell | LIGA |
| Dennis Lynch | LIGA |
| Dave Scialabba | LIGA |
| Jay Sessa | LIGA |
| Mark Brown | LIGA |
| 14. 2021 NJSGA Pre-Senior and Senior Amateur Champions | |
| Pre-Senior | |
| Senior Amateur | |
| 15. Reigning WGA, LIGA, NYSGA, and CSGA Senior Amateur Champions as of entry deadline. | |
| WGA | |
| Dave Scialabba | LIGA |
| NYSGA | |
| CSGA | |
| 16. 2021 Stoddard Cup team members | |
| 17. Professional Representative from Old Westbury and the curent Club and Senior Club Champion | |
| 18. 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