EXEMPTIONS
1. Winners of the NYS Men's Amateur Championship - last 20 years
2004 - Matt Thomas*
2005 - Jim Scorse
2006 - Andrew Dibitetto*
2007 - John Duthie
2008 - Jeff Wolniewicz
2009 - Yaroslav Merkulov
2010 - Doug Kleeschulte
2011 - Dominic Bozzelli*
2012 - Dominic Bozzelli*
2013 - Matt Stasiak*
2014 - Luke Feehan
2015 - Trevor Sluman*
2016 - Tyler McArdell*
2017 - Adam Condello
2018 - Will Thomson*
2019 - Ben Reichert*
2021 - James Allen
2022 - Charlie Berridge
2023 - Kyle Downey
2024 - Aiden Spampinato
* = Ineligible
2. 2024 NYS Men's Amateur Championship, 20 lowest scorers and anyone tied for 20th place.
1 - Aiden Spampinato
T2 - James Allen
T2 - Alex Zurat
4 - John Duthie
T5 - Jack Angelucci
T5 - Josh German
7 - Nolan Forsman
T8 - Kristopher Boyes
T8 - Jamie Miller
T8 - Phillip Minnehan
T8 - Jackson Saroney
T8 - Jeff March
13 - Thomas Finn
T14 - Kellen Dean
T14 - Wills Reardon
T14 - Nick Bove
T14 - Rocco Randazzo
T14 - Brody Burgess
T14 - Carl Schimenti
T14 - Ben Carpenter
3. Winners of the NYS Men's Mid-Amateur Championship from the last 10 years.
2014 - Jamie Miller
2015 - Luke Hobika
2016 - Jim Scorse
2017 - Patrick Keegan
2018 - Jamie Miller
2019 - Bradford Tilley
2021 - Carl Schimenti
2022 - Billy Hanes
2023 - Billy Hanes
2024 - Kyle Downey
4. 2024 NYS Men's Mid-Amateur Championship, 10 lowest scorers and anyone tied for 10th place.
1 - Kyle Downey
2 - Wills Reardon
3 - Jim Gifford
T4 - Ben Bates
T4 - Alec Bard
T4 - John Duthie
T7 - Sean Puleo
T7 - Patrick Nealon
T7 - Blake Gianniny
T7 - Benjamin Rublee
5. Winners of the 2025 NYS Men's Amateur Four-Ball Championship - May 18-19, 2025
6. 2025 NYS Boys' 18U Amateur Championship, 5 lowest scorers and ties. - July 1-2, 2025
7. Winner of the 2024 NYS Boys 14U Amateur Championship.
1 - Tanner LaTorre
8. From the 2024 NYS NYS Men's Senior Amateur Championship, the 5 lowest scorers and ties.
1 - Jim Scorse
2 - Jim Welch
T3 - Andy Bernatovicz
T3 - Jim Mueller
T3 - Jim Lane
9. Most recent (as of July 8, 2025) winner or low amateur (^professional events) of the following regional championships:
2025 AIM Championship
2024 BDGA Individual Championship - Nolan Piazza*
2024 Capital Region Amateur Championship - Kellen Dean
2025 CCR Invitational
2024 Delaware County Championship - Justin Harris
2024 Dutchess County Championship - Josh Yan
2024 LIGA Amateur Championship - Jonathan Farber
2025 MGA Ike Championship
2024 MGA Amateur Championship -Donte Groppuso
2024 MGA Open^ - Christian Cavaliere
2025 NYC Amateur Championship
2024 NYS Open^ - Matthew Lowe
2025 NYSPHSAA Boys' Golf Championship
2024 RDGA District Championship - Aiden Spampinato
2025 Schenectady Classic
2024 SDGA District Championship - Anthony Maglisco
2025 SDGA Gerry Ashe Memorial
2025 TCGA Amateur Championship
2025 Tri-County Match Play Championship
2025 Ulster County Championship
2024 Watertown City Championship - Josh Woodward
2024 WGA Amateur Championship - Ryan Coughlin
* = Ineligible
^ = Professional Events
10. All golfers ranked in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) as of July 12, 2025.
11. Players qualifying for the following USGA Championships (since July 8, 2024):
US Open - Local Qualifying
US Junior
US Amateur - Final Stage
US Mid-Amateur - Aaron Montgomerey, Tommy McDonagh, Andrew Watson, Christian Cavaliere, Jamie Miller, Shane Dobesh
12. Host Club Exemptions - Yahnundasis Golf Club
13. Special exemptions as selected by the NYSGA, click here to submit an exemption request.
- Ryan Borruso
- Christian Chapman
- John Hiller
- Lucas Rizo-Patron
- Danny Wehle