EXEMPTION CATEGORIES (IF OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE):                                       

                                          

1.  All Past Met Open Champions.                                  

Peter Ballo                                    

Dylan Newman                                          

Ryan Siegler                                 

Andrew Svoboda                                       

Luke Sample                                

Matt Dobyns                                 

Josh Rackley                                

Mark Brown                                  

Ben Polland                                  

Grant Sturdeon                                          

Danny Balin                                  

Tyler Hall                                       

Bob Rittberger                              

Andrew Giuliani                                         

Mark Mielke                                  

Frank Bensel                                

John Guyton                                 

John Stoltz                                    

Rick Hartman                               

Johnson Wagner                                        

Michael Gilmore                                        

Mike Burke Jr                                

Bruce Zabriski                              

Darrell Kestner                            

Charlie Cowell                             

Mike Diffley                                   

Larry Rentz                                   

Bobby Heins                                 

Jim McGovern                              

David Glenz                                  

George Zahringer                                       

Jim Albus                                       

Kelley Moser                                 

George Bullock                                          

                                          

2. USGA Champions and members of the Walker Cup Team from the past 10 years.       

                                    

3. 25 lowest scores and ties in the 2024 Met Open Championship.                                           

Peter Ballo                                    

Ethan Ng                                       

Colin Summers                                         

Armando Favela                                        

Jack Wall                                       

Christian Cavaliere                                   

Peicheng Chen                            

Jack Maguire                                

Mark Anguiano                            

Tyler Gerbavsits                                         

Andres Acevedo                                        

Clancy Waugh                             

Dylan Newman                                          

Jackson Roman                                         

Michael Miller                              

Daniel O'Rourke                                        

Will Halamandaris                                    

Brad Tilley                                     

Chris Gabriele                             

Dino Capazario                                          

Matthew Lowe                             

Ryan Skae                                     

Edmund Broderick                                    

Cole Ekert                                     

Michael Graboyes                                     

Liam Pasternak                                          

John Schob                                   

Nicholas Thompson                                 

Shea Wolfe                                   

Dylan Crowley                             

                                          

4. 2025 Open Champions of the LIGA, NJSGA, NYSGA CSGA, and WGA.                               

LIGA                    June 3-5                          

NJSGA                July 22-24                       

NYSGA               July 21-23                       

CSGA                 July 28-30                       

WGA                   June 9-10                        

                                          

5. 2025 Long Island and Westchester PGA Champions.                                   

Long Island                                  

Westchester                               

                                          

6. 2024 NJ and Met PGA Section Champions, NJPGA Fall Finale (formerly Charity Classic) and MGA Senior Open Champion.                                       

NJPGA                           Tyler Hall                        

MetPGA                                         

NJPGA Fall Finale          Danny Harcourt - Fiddler's Elbow                       

MGA Senior Open          Jim McGovern               

                                          

7. 2025 Met Amateur and Ike Champions.                                 

Met Amateur                  July 31-Aug 3                  

Ike                                 June 23-24                      

                                          

8. 2025 WGA, LIGA, NJSGA, NYSGA and CSGA Amateur Champions.                                           

WGA                   July 7-9              

LIGA                   July 7 & 9-11                   

NJSGA                July 7-9              

NYSGA               July 8-10                          

CSGA                 June 9-13                        

                                          

9. Past U.S. Open and PGA Champions.                                     

                                          

10. Top 3 on the 2024 MGA Player of the Year and the current leader on the 2025 MGA Player of the Year list as of August 7.                                     

1.                                           Matthew Lowe               

2.                                           Christian Cavaliere                    

3.                                           Colin Summers                           

Current Leader                             

Injury deferred from 2024   Darin Goldstein

                                        

11. Top 5 on the 2024 Metropolitan and New Jersey PGA Section Player of the Year Lists.           

Met PGA                          NJPGA

                            1                         

                            2                         

                            3                         

                            4                         

                            5                         

                                          

12. Qualifiers and Alternates for the 2025 U.S. Open and PGA Championships.                                      

                                          

13. 2025 NJPGA Charity Clambake, and NJPGA Match Play Champions.                                

NJPGA Charity Clambake                                      

NJPGA Match Play Champion                              

                                          

14. 2024 Hoffine Memorial Indiviual Professional Champion.                                       

Casey Pyne                                  

                                          

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

                                          

16. Top 500 in the Men’s Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) at the time of entry.                              

                                          

17. Professional representative and Current Club champion at Championship Host Club – Meadow Brook.                                            

                                          

18. Special invitees of the MGA Executive Committee.