EXEMPTION CATEGORIES (IF OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE):
1. MGA Public Links Champions for the last 5 years.
2024 Jose Ramirez
2023 Matthew Lowe
2022 Peicheng Chen
2021 Jonathan Jeter
2020 N/A
2. Past Champions of: Ike, Met Amateur, Met Open, and MGA Mid-Amateur.
3. Five lowest scores in the 2024 MGA Public Links Championship.
Jose Ramirez
Diego Ocasio
Peicheng Chen
Matthew Lowe
Yiwen Wang
Shane Kennedy
4. Reigning Ike, Amateur, Mid-Am, Junior, and Boys Carter Cup Champions.
Ike Peicheng Chen
Amateur
Mid-Am
Junior
Boys Zach Berger
Carter Cup
5. Low Amateur in the 2024 Met Open Championship and 2024 NYSGA Amateur Champion.
Low Am Not Eligible
NYSGA Amateur Not Eligible
6. Reigning WGA, NJSGA and CSGA Public Links Champions as of June 8, 2025.
WGA 15-May
NJSGA Ricky Calve
CSGA Adam Friedman
7. Current Champion of the NJSGA, WGA, NYC, NYSGA, CSGA and LIGA Amateur and Open Championships by June 8, 2025.
Amateur Open
Not Eligible NJSGA Derek Gutierrez
Not Eligible WGA Not Eligible
N/A NYC N/A
Not Eligible NYSGA Not Eligible
Not Eligible CSGA Jackson Roman
Not Eligible LIGA June 3-5
8. 2024 MGA Player of the Year Honor Roll.
Matthew Lowe
Derek Gutierrez
Peicheng Chen
9. Anyone exempt for the Met Amateur and/or Met Open Championships will also be exempt to the MGA Public Links Championship.
10. Club Champion at the Championship Host Club – Hominy Hill Golf Course.
11. Special Invitees of the MGA Executive Committee.