EXEMPTION CATEGORIES (IF OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE):
1. MGA Senior Open Champions for the last ten years.
2024 Jim McGovern
2023 Mark Mielke
2022 Frank Esposito Jr
2021 Dave Schuster
2020 Frank A. Esposito Jr
2019 Shaun Powers
2018 Mark Mielke
2017 Bill Britton
2016 Jim McGovern
2015 Mark Mielke
2. USGA Champions and members of the Walker Cup Team from the past 10 years.
3. Qualifiers and exempt players for the 2024 National Senior Club Pro Championship.
Gregory Bisconti
Brian Varsey
Brian Gaffney
Brent Studer
Charlie Bolling
Scott Ford
Jim McGovern
Mike Meehan
Andy Brock
John DeForest
Jeff Maines
Dave McGovern
Len Siter
Peter Procops
Frank Esposito
4. Past Met Open, Amateur, Ike and Mid-Amateur Champions (age 60 or less).
Met Open Met Amateur Ike Mid-Amateur
Mark Brown Michael Stamberger Gregory Rohlf (1998) Tom Timby
Bob Rittberger (2010) Gregory Rohlf (2007) Jeff Putman (1995) Trevor Randolph
Frank Bensel (2007) Dennis Hillman (1994) Mike Muehr (1992) Niall Handley
Jim McGovern (1987) Jeff Putman (1993) Michael Karger
Mike Muehr (1992) Gregory Rohlf
Jim McGovern (1988)
5. Top 30 finishers in the 2024 MGA Senior Open Championship.
Jim McGovern
Trevor Randolph
Gregory Bisconti
Pedro Benenati
Mark Brown
Frank Bensel
Brent Studer
Carl Alexander
Brian Gaffney
Noah Pilipski
Mark Mielke
Amit Sharma
Darrell Kestner
Shaun Powers
Frank A. Espositio Jr
Bob Rittberger
Tony DeMaria
Chul Sim
Bill Van Orman
Michael Laudien
Andy Brock
Bryan Pendrick
David Segot
Charles Bolling
Thomas Trakoval
Jim Farrell
Scott Wise
Michael Durkin
Michael Cochrane
Mike Diffley
Scott Paris
Dave Fusco
6. Qualifiers in the 2025 Met Open Championship.
7. Seniors who complete 18 holes at the 2025 NYS, NJSGA, CSGA, LIGA and WGA Open.
NYS NJSGA CSGA LIGA WGA
8. MGA Senior Amateur Champions for the last 5 years.
2024 Dennis Lynch
2023 Ken Bakst
2022 Dennis Lynch
2021 Roddy McRae
2020 Ned Zachar
9. Top 10 finishers in the 2025 MGA Senior Amateur Championship.
10. Top 5 Seniors who make the cut in the 2024 MGA Mid-Amateur Championship.
Trevor Randolph
David Segot
Gregg Angelillo
Christopher Housen
11. Qualifiers and alternates for all: 2025 USGA Championships: Open (LQR); Senior Open; Four-Ball; Amateur; Mid-Amateur; or the 2024 & 2025 USGA Senior Amateur.
12. Top 15 from the 2025 Met PGA and NJSGA/NJ PGA Senior Open Championship.
Met PGA NJSGA/NJPGA
13. Top 3 finishers in the 2024 LIGA Senior Open Champion.
Steve Donnelly
Scott Wise
Noah Pilipski
14. 2025 NJSGA Pre-Senior and Senior Amateur Champions.
Pre-Senior
Senior Amateur
15. Reigning WGA, LIGA, NYSGA and CSGA Senior Amateur Champions as of Wednesday, July 16
WGA 9-Jul
LIGA Dave Scialabba
NYSGA Not Eligible
CSGA Michael Hooper
16. 2025 Stoddard Cup team members.
30-Jun
17. Top 20 Players from the 2024 NJ PGA Senior Player of the Year Points List.
1 Jim McGovern 11 Michael Lanzetta
2 Brian Gaffney 12 Scott paris
3 Frank Esposito 13 Kevin Maciorowski
4 Andy Brock 14 Mark McCormick
5 Brian Varsey 15 Chris Dzergoski
6 Brent Studer 16 Keith Grassing
7 Jeff Maines 17 Steve Sieg
8 Dave McGovern 18 Casey O'Reilly
9 Len Siter 19 Rudy Virga
10 Lou Kubisa 20 Derek McDonald
18) Top 30 Players from the 2024 Met PGA Senior Player of the Year Points List.
1 Jason Caron 16 Darrell Kestner
2 Frank Bensel 17 Dave Fusco
3 Greg Bisconti 18 Steve Donnelly
4 Carl Alexander 19 Mike Diffley
5 Scott Ford 20 Rob Gick
6 Mike Meehan 21 Peter Procops
7 Philip Cardwell 22 Jim McCann
8 Shaun Powers 23 Craig Thomas
9 Charlie Bolling 24 Jeff Warne
10 Mike Laudien 25 Jim Smoot
11 Jimmy Farrell 26 John Bushka
12 Bob Rittberger 27 Michael Durkin
13 Scott Wise 28 Michael Caporale
14 Bill Van Orman 29 Louis de Kerillis
15 Bobby Heins 30 Scott Hawkins
19. Professional Representative from Fairview Country Club and the current Club and Senior Club Champion.
Professional Rep
Club Champ
Sr. Club Champ
20. Special Invitees of the MGA Executive Committee.