EXEMPTION CATEGORIES (IF OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE):                                       

1. Individual Ike, Met Amateur and Met Open Champions from the last 5 years.                                 

              Ike                                      Met Am                                         Met Open

2024     Peicheng Chen                   Donte Groppuso                           Peter Ballo (P)

2023     Melan Dhaubhadel             Josh German                                Dylan Newman (P)

2022     Luke Sample                      Brad Tilley                                     Ryan Siegler (P)

2021     Matt Fields                         Garett Engel                                  Andrew Svoboda (P)

2020     Mark Costanza                   Jack Wall (P)                                Luke Sample

2. USGA Champions and members of the Walker Cup team from the last 10 years.          

3. Individual Ike and Met Amateur Champions prior to 1986.                                        

4.  Top 10 individual finishers in the 2024 Ike Championship.                                        

Peicheng Chen                            

Jack Wall (P)                                 

Tim Hegarty                                  

Nathan Han                                  

Pat Wilson                                    

Josh German                                

Matthew Lowe                             

Colin Summers                                         

Michael McConie                                      

Charlie Berridge                                         

Adam Friedman                                         

Chase Wheatley                                        

Will Lodge                                     

Donte Groppuso                                        

5. Met Amateur Quarterfinalists from 2024                               

Jack Wall (P)                                 

Matthew Lowe                             

Tim Hegarty                                  

Christian Cavaliere                                   

Jack Chung                                   

Colin Summers                                         

Donte Groppuso                                        

Chris Dejohn                                

6. 2024  Ike Team Champions.                                         

Pat Wilson & Reed Greyserman                                         

7. Current Champion of the NJSGA, WGA, NYC, NYSGA, CSGA and LIGA Amateur and Open Championships by June, 22, 2025.                                          

Amateur                                                       Open   

Reed Greyserman         NJSGA                Derek Gutierrez             

Jackson Fretty                WGA                   June 9-10          

N/A                                  NYC                    N/A      

June 9-13                       CSGA                 Jackson Roman             

Jonathan Farber             LIGA                   June 3-5            

Aiden Spampinato        NYSGA                Peter Ballo (P) 

8. Current MGA Public Links, Mid-Amateur, Junior, Carter Cup Champions                                 

                                                    Current Public Links                

Chester Patterson                       Mid-Amateur                

Jack Chung                                 Junior                

Jack Chung & Owen Jessop      Carter Cup                    

9. 2025 MGA Senior Amateur Champion.                                   

April 21-22        Senior Am Champ                      

10. Low Amateur in the 2024 Met Open Championship.                                   

Colin Summers                                         

Christian Cavaliere                                   

11. Top 500 in the Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) at the time of entry.                

12. The 2024 MGA Player of the Year Honor Roll.                                   

Matthew Lowe                             

Christian Cavaliere                                   

Colin Summers                                         

Peicheng Chen                            

Tim Hegarty                                  

Adam Friedman                                         

Jack Chung                                   

Derek Gutierrez                                         

Bradford Tilley                             

Eric LeFante                                 

13. Top Five Leaders on the 2025 MGA Player of the Year list by Sunday, May 18, 2025.  

14. The leader on the 2025 MGA Player of the Year list as of Friday, June 6, 2025                                 

15. A representative team (two players) from the Championship Host Club – Hamilton Farms.