| Exemptions (Long Island Open): | ||
| 1. All Past Long Island Open Champions | ||
| Andrew Svoboda | ||
| Jason Caron | ||
| Andrew Svoboda | ||
| Andrew Svoboda | ||
| John Daniel Guiney | ||
| Jimmy Hazen | ||
| Jim Farrell | ||
| Jimmy Hazen | ||
| Matt Dobyns | ||
| Michael Meehan | ||
| Matt Dobyns | ||
| Mark Brown | ||
| Michael Meehan | ||
| 2. Top 30 (& ties) in the 2021 Long Island Open Championship | ||
| Andrew Svoboda | ||
| Darin Goldstein | ||
| Danny Balin | ||
| Josh Goldenberg | ||
| Jay Card | ||
| Matt Dobyns | ||
| Dylan Crowley | ||
| Timothy Rosenhouse | ||
| Tristin Goodwin | ||
| Daniel Abbondandolo | ||
| Matthew Lowe | ||
| Cody Homer | ||
| John Daniel Guiney | ||
| Mark Brown | ||
| Caleb Wilson | ||
| Matthew Dubrowski | ||
| Erik Easton | ||
| Ben Pirro | ||
| Matthew Yun | ||
| Colby Anderson | ||
| Jesse Fitzgerald | ||
| Todd Greene | ||
| Colin Dolph | ||
| Sam O'Hara | ||
| James Hazen | ||
| Matt Sita | ||
| Max Siegfried | ||
| Nicholas Kelapire | ||
| Scott Ford | ||
| Michael Auerbach | ||
| Ki Moon | ||
| Kyle Higgins | ||
| Lucas Cromeenes | ||
| Michael Sweeney | ||
| 3. 2022 Long Island Met PGA Championship Semifinalists | ||
| 4. Top 5 and ties in the 2021 Met PGA Championship, NYS Open and Met Open Championship | ||
| Peter Ballo | Met PGA | |
| Matt Dobyns | Met PGA | |
| Danny Balin | Met PGA | |
| Mark Brown | Met PGA | |
| Alex Beach | Met PGA | |
| Danny Balin | NYS Open | |
| Dylan Crowley | NYS Open | |
| Peter Ballo | NYS Open | |
| Jason Caron | NYS Open | |
| Scott Berliner | NYS Open | |
| Andrew Svoboda | Met Open | |
| Tom Lovelady | Met Open | |
| David Pastore | Met Open | |
| Jack Wall | Met Open | |
| Matt Dobyns | Met Open | |
| 5. 2021 Hoffine Memorial Champion | ||
| Peter Ballo | ||
| 6. 2021 Met PGA Assistants Champion | ||
| Dylan Newman | ||
| 7. Top 25 on the Met PGA Player of the Year list from the Long Island section. (Farley Cup) | ||
| Danny Balin | ||
| Matt Dobyns | ||
| Jason Caron | ||
| Mark Brown | ||
| Jesse Fitzgerald | ||
| Sean Quinlivan | ||
| Scott Ford | ||
| Tristin Goodwin | ||
| John Guyton | ||
| Matthew Dubrowski | ||
| Anthony Aruta | ||
| Mike Meehan | ||
| Michael Sweeney | ||
| Tom Cooper | ||
| Caleb Wilson | ||
| Matt Sita | ||
| Erik Easton | ||
| Nick Beddow | ||
| Rob Corcoran | ||
| Jim Farrell | ||
| Matt Noel | ||
| Scott Wise | ||
| John Daniel Guiney | ||
| Ryan George | ||
| Darrell Kestner | ||
| 8. Qualifiers for the 2022 PGA Championship, U.S Open SQR, U.S. Senior Open and 2021 U.S. Open | ||
| 9. 2021 Long Island Senior Open Champion and Low Amateur | ||
| Darrell Kestner | ||
| Gerard Connolly | ||
| David Segot | ||
| 10. 2021 Long Island Amateur Semifinalists | ||
| Tyler Gerbavsits | ||
| Darin Goldstein | ||
| Michael Auerbach | ||
| Garett Engel | ||
| 11. Current Champion and runner-up of; Richardson, LI Mid-Am & Hebron | ||
| Prescott Butler | Richardson | |
| Thomas Lee | Richardson | |
| Jeremy Quinn | Mid-Am | |
| Jack St. Clair | Mid-Am | |
| Garett Engel | Mid-Am | |
| Ben Pirro | Hebron | |
| Colby Anderson | Hebron | |
| Colin Dolph | Hebron | |
| Ben Mitchell | Hebron | |
| 12. Current Champion of Richardson Senior Division, LI Junior and Senior Am | ||
| Alan Specht | Richardson Senior Division | |
| Andrew Chen | Junior | |
| David Boccia | Senior Am | |
| 13. 2021 Met Amateur Championship; all competitors who qualify for match play. | ||
| Chris Gotterup | ||
| Mark Costanza | ||
| Matthew Rawitzer | ||
| Ethan Ng | ||
| Matt Goldman | ||
| Andre Chi | ||
| Max Buckley | ||
| Trevor Randolph | ||
| Johnny Bush | ||
| Conor Casey | ||
| Brendan Hansen | ||
| Peter Bradbeer | ||
| William O'Neill | ||
| Garett Engel | ||
| Bradford Tilley | ||
| Prescott Butler | ||
| 14. Top 5 low scores and ties at the 2021 Ike. | ||
| Matthew Fields | ||
| Max Buckley | ||
| Sam Goldenring | ||
| Christian Cavaliere | ||
| Matt Goldman | ||
| 15. Top 10 on the 2021 LIGA Player of the Year list. | ||
| Darin Goldstein | ||
| Michael Auerbach | ||
| Colby Anderson | ||
| Garett Engel | ||
| Colin Dolph | ||
| Tyler Gerbavsits | ||
| Andre Chi | ||
| Ben Pirro | ||
| Jeremy Quinn | ||
| Prescott Butler | ||
| 16. 2021 Senior Amateur Player of the Year | ||
| Dave Scialabba | ||
| 17. 2021 MGA Player of the Year Honor Roll | ||
| Mark Costanza | ||
| Bradford Tilley | ||
| Darin Goldstein | ||
| Garett Engel | ||
| Michael Brown | ||
| Trevor Randolph | ||
| Christian Cavaliere | ||
| Chris DeJohn | ||
| Michael Auerbach | ||
| Jackson Fretty | ||
| 18. Qualifiers for 2021 U.S. Amateur and match play contestants for 2021 U.S. Mid Amateur. | ||
| 19. Top 500 WAGR at the time of entry. | ||
| 20. Competitors in the most recent Stoddard Trophy Team Matches | ||
| Ben Pirro | Colby Anderson | Dennis Lynch |
| Tyler Gerbavsits | Chris White | Alan Specht |
| Colin Dolph | Prescott Butler | Carter Prince |
| Daniel Abbondandolo | Michael Auerbach | Jay Sessa |
| Sam O'Hara | Ben Mitchell | |
| 21. Past US 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 club champion. | ||
| 24. LI Open Special Exemptions | ||
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