EXEMPTION CATEGORIES (IF OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE):
1. Met Amateur, Ike and Met Open Champions from the last five (5) years.
Met Am Ike Met Open
2024 Donte Groppuso Peicheng Chen Peter Ballo (P)
2023 Josh German Melan Dhaubhadel Dylan Newman (P)
2022 Brad Tilley Luke Sample Ryan Siegler (P)
2021 Garett Engel Matt Fields Andrew Svoboda (P)
2020 Jack Wall (P) Mark Costanza Luke Sample
2. USGA Champions and members of the Walker Cup Team from the last 10 years.
3. 2024 Met Amateur Quarterfinalists and MGA Mid-Amateur Champion.
Quarterfinalist Jack Wall (P)
Quarterfinalist Matthew Lowe
Quarterfinalist Tim Hegarty
Quarterfinalist Christian Cavaliere
Quarterfinalist Jack Chung
Quarterfinalist Colin Summers
Quarterfinalist Donte Groppuso
Quarterfinalist Chris Dejohn
Mid-Am Champ Chester Patterson
4. Met Amateur Champions prior to 1984.
5. Current Champion of the NJSGA, WGA, NYC, NYSGA, CSGA and LIGA Amateur and Open Championships by July 27, 2025.
Amateur Open
July 7-9 NJSGA July 22-24
July 7-9 WGA June 9-10
NYC
June 9-13 CSGA Jackson Roman
July 7 & 9-11 LIGA June 3-5
July 8-10 NYSGA July 21-23
6. 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
7. 2025 NYC Amateur and MGA Public Links Champions.
NYC
Public Links 12-Jun
8. Club Champion at the Championship Host Club – Old Oaks.
9. Low Amateur in the 2024 Met Open Championship.
Colin Summers
Christian Cavaliere
10. Top ten finishers in the 2025 Ike Championship.
11. Five leaders (minimum of 100 points) on the 2025 MGA Player of the Year as of July TBD, 2025.
12. 2025 Met Junior Champion
13. Top 500 in the Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) at the time of entry.
14. Special Invites of MGA Executive Committee