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2025 112th Amateur Championship Exemptions

Name	Exemption
1. John Aber	4,5,16
2. Alex Anderson	7
3. Carson Bacha	16
4. Austin Barbin	4,5,12,16
5. Evan Barbin	4,5
6. Brendan Borst	7
7. Michael R. Brown, Jr.	1,15
8. Andy Butler	2,7
9. Rick Calve	4,5,6
10. Benjamin Cooley	4,5
11. Arnie Cutrell	7
12. Amani Dambrosio	4,5,16,17
13. Clay Davidson	8
14. Anthony DePietress	17
15. Zach Dilcher	2
16. Evan Eichenlaub	4,5
17. Jimmy Ellis	15
18. Garrett Engle	16
19. Samuel Feeney	17
20. Ben Feld	4,5
21. Jeff Frazier	11
22. Karl Frisk	3,4,5
23. David Fuhrer, II	10
24. Nicholas Gross	9
25. Jake Haberstumpf	4,5
26. Brian Isztwan	3,16
27. Patrick Isztwan	4,5,
28. Palmer Jackson	3,16
29. Tanner Johnson	4,6
30. Scott Jordan	4,5,6
31. Frank Kacvinsky	7
32. John Keba	6
33. Brandon Knaub	4,7
34. Brock Kovach	7
35. Darin Kowalski	7
36. Austin Lemieux	4,6
37. Andrew Mason	4,5
38. Matthew Mattare	7
39. matthew Mattioli	16
40. Tug Maude	2,7
41. Derek Mcglaughlin	17
42. Gregor Meyer	1,15
43. Jimmy Meyers	17
44. Mark Miller	5,7
45. Peyton Mussina	4,17
46. Tom Nettles	4,6
47. Aidan Oehrle	4,6
48. Gregor Orlando	5
49. Billy Pabst, Jr.	4,5,17
50. Logan Paczewski	17
51. David Palumbo	7
52. Ian Patterson	7
53. John Peters	1,15
54. Nathan Piatt	13,17
55. Jon Rusk	4,5,20
56. Patrick Rutter	7
57. Caleb Ryan	3,18
58. Rocco Salvitti	6
59. Calen Sanderson	4,5,6
60. Patrick Sheehan	1,3,4,5,15,16,17
61. Neal Shipley, Jr.	1
62. Grant Skyllas	7
63. Colin Smith	17
64. Nathan Smith	17
65. Rick Stimmel	5,11,4
66. CALEB TAYLOR	5
67. chuck tragesser, lll	4,5,17
68. Nicholas Turowski	4,6,10,17
69. Troy Vannucci	2,4,7
70. Nick Werner	10,14
71. Eric Williams	17
72. Brett Young	2
73. Thomas Young	10

Exemption Class Codes

1.	PA Amateur Champions (Past 10 years)
2.	PA Mid-Amateur Champions (Past 5 years)
3.	R. Jay Sigel Amateur Match Play Champions (Past 5 years)
4.	Top 25, Previous Year W.C. Fownes POY
5.	Top 20, Previous Year PA Amateur
6.	Top 10 Amateurs, Previous Year PA Open
7.	Top 10, Previous Year PA Middle-Amateur
8.	Previous Year Art Wall, Jr. Memorial Champion
9.	Previous Year George Dressler Memorial Champion
10.	Top 3, Previous Year PA Junior Championship
11.	Previous Year PA Senior Amateur Champion
12.	Previous Year GAP Amateur Champion
13.	Previous Year WPGA Amateur Champion
14.	Host Site Club Champion
15.	PA Open Champions (if amateur) (Past 10 years)
16.	Previous Year USGA Amateur Championship Qualifier
17.	Qualify for Match Play in Previous Year Sigel Amateur Match Play
18.	Amateur Champions prior to 1995 - Lifetime Exemption
19.	Committee Exemption
20.	Previous Year GAP Open Champion (Amateur)
21.	Previous Year WPGA Open Champion (Amateur)

2025 109th Open Championship Exemptions

Name	Exemption
1. John Aber	15
2. John Aber	7
3. Alex Aulerich	15
4. Austin Barbin	16
5. Evan Barbin	7
6. Trevor Bensel	6, 14
7. Brian Bergstol	6,14
8. Alex Blickle	1,6
9. Drew Bohn	15
10. Joe Boros	15
11. Michael R. Brown, Jr.	2
12. Andy Butler	3
13. Rick Calve	5,6,7
14. Andrew Cornish	12
15. Palmer Cuny	6
16. Arnie Cutrell	8
17. Amani Dambrosio	5,7,21
18. Clay Davidson	9
19. Jackson Debusschere	6
20. Zach Dilcher	3
21. JD Dornes	6
22. Zak Drescher	12
23. Jimmy Ellis	1
24. Kevin Fajt	13
25. Ben Feld	7
26. Karl Frisk	4,7
27. David Fuhrer, II	10
28. Devin Gee	6,15
29. Nicholas Gross	11
30. Tanner Grzegorczyk	6
31. Jake Haberstumpf	5
32. William Howard	12
33. TJ HOWE	6
34. J.D. Hughes	2,6
35. Brian Isztwan	4
36. Patrick Isztwan	5,7,21
37. Palmer Jackson	4
38. Tanner Johnson	5,6
39. Scott Jordan	6,7
40. John Keba	6
41. Brandon Knaub	8
42. Darin Kowalski	8
43. Kevin Kraft	1,6
44. talon kriebel	15
45. Austin Lemieux	6
46. Danny Lewis	6,12,14
47. Michael Little	14
48. Kevin Lydon	6
49. Andrew Mason	7
50. Tug Maude	3
51. Rob McClellan	15
52. Conor McGrath	6
53. Mitch Mercer	6
54. Gregor Meyer	2,6
55. Cole Miller	6
56. Mark Miller	8
57. Justin Moose	6
58. Peyton Mussina	21
59. Tom Nettles	6
60. Zachary Oakley	14
61. Daniel Obremski	6
62. Aidan Oehrle	6
63. Louis Olsakovsky	13
64. Billy Pabst, Jr.	5, 6
65. David Pagett	6
66. Rij Patel	6
67. Ian Patterson	8
68. Eddie Perrino	15
69. John Peters	2
70. Nathan Piatt	13,17
71. John Pillar, Sr.	14
72. Carter Pitcairn	6
73. Jack Ramsett	15
74. Easton Renwick	6
75. Jon Rusk	5,7,12
76. Joshua Ryan	4
77. Rocco Salvitti	6
78. Calen Sanderson	6
79. Anthony Sebastianelli	6,14
80. Braden Shattuck	14
81. Patrick Sheehan	2,4,5,7
82. Mark Sheftic	14
83. Kevin Shields	6,15
84. Neal Shipley, Jr.	2
85. Ben Smith	6
86. Jake Sollon	1,6,13
87. Billy Stewart	6
88. Alec Stopperich	6,13
89. Ryan Tall	12
90. Evan Thornton	6
91. Beau Titsworth	6
92. chuck tragesser, lll	5
93. Nicholas Turowski	5,21
94. Kyle Vance	6
95. Troy Vannucci	3,8
96. Michael VanSickle	6,13
97. Todd Vernon	6
98. Brett Young	3

Exemption Class Codes

1.	PA Open Champions (Past 5 years)
2.	PA Amateur Champions (Past 5 years)
3.	PA Mid-Amateur Champions (Past 5 years)
4.	R. Jay Sigel Amateur Match Play Champions (Past 5 years)
5.	Top 10, Previous Year W.C. Fownes POY
6.	Made Cut and Finshed, Previous Year PA Open
7.	Top 10, Previous Year PA Amateur
8.	Top 5, Previous Year PA Middle-Amateur
9.	Previous Year Art Wall, Jr. Memorial Champion
10.	Previous Year PA Junior Champion
11.	Previous Year PA George Dressler Memorial Champion
12.	Top 5, Previous Year GAP Open
13.	Top 5, Previous Year WPGA Open
14.	Top 10, Previous Year Philadelphia Section PGA Point Standings
15.	Top 10, Previous Year Tri-State Section PGA Point Standings
16.	Previous Year GAP Amateur Champion
17.	Previous Year WPGA Amateur Champion
18.	Host Site Club Champion
19.	Host Site Golf Professional
20.	Open Champions prior to 1995 - Lifetime Exemption
21.	Semifinalist, Previous Year PA Sigel Amateur Match Play
22.	Top 10, Previous Year Western New York Section PGA Standings
23.	Committee Exemption

2025 5th Senior Open Championship Exemptions

Name	Exemption
1. John Aber	5,7
2. John Alterman	6
3. Jason Barkley	8
4. John Barry	2,6
5. John Bearrie	2,6,14
6. Bob Beck	2,8
7. Frank Blazewick	5
8. David Blichar	1
9. Joe Boros	5
10. Dan Brown	8
11. Daniel Brown	2
12. David Brown	1,6
13. Michael R. Brown, Jr.	9
14. Jim Cichra	5
15. Adam Corson	5,7
16. Ronan Culligan	2,6
17. Arnie Cutrell	2,6
18. J. Patrick Damore	19
19. Clay Davidson	8
20. Denny Dolci	5
21. Matt Dolinsky	8,9
22. Don Donatoni	3
23. Chris Fieger,, Sr	1,2,6,7,13,14
24. Artie Fink, Jr.	7
25. Brian Fisher	8
26. George Forster	4
27. Jeff Frazier	1,2,6,7
28. Bob Friend	7
29. Jim Gavaghan, Gavaghan	3
30. Tom Gilbert	16
31. Perry Graciano	1
32. Terry Hertzog	4
33. Todd Homan	8
34. Jeff Hudson	6
35. Tom Keenan	19
36. Brian Kelly	4,7
37. Eric Kennedy	4
38. Sean Knapp	1
39. Kevin Kraft	7,15,20
40. Chip Lutz	2,9
41. Scott Mayne	1
42. David McNabb	4
43. Oscar Mestre	6
44. Mike Moffat	14
45. Michael OConnor	19
46. David Olexson, Sr	2
47. John Olszewski	6
48. Eddie Perrino	5
49. John Pillar	4,7,20
50. Brendon Post	4
51. Paul Rogowicz	6
52. Bill Rosemeyer	2
53. Brian Rothaus	3
54. Colin Sanderson	7
55. Jeffrey Schmigel	7
56. Kevin Shields	5,7,20
57. Chris Smedley	14
58. David Smith	15
59. William Smith	2,7,12,8,9
60. Steven Steighner	8
61. Rich Steinmetz	4,20
62. Rick Stimmel	1,2,6,7,10,9
63. Robert Stoops	7
64. Chris Storck	2,6,9
65. Scott Storck	9
66. Gordon Vietmeier	5,15
67. Todd Vonderheid	2,9
68. Roy Vucinich	5
69. David West	6
70. Tom White	11
71. Michael Wickett	7
72. Eric Williams	8

Exemption Class Codes

1.	PA Senior Amateur Champions (Past 10 years)
2.	Top 15 Previous Year W.C. Fownes Sr. POY
3.	Top 3 Previous Year W.C. Fownes Super-Sr. POY
4.	Top 10, Previous Year Philadelphia Section PGA Senior Point Standings
5.	Top 10, Previous Year Tri-State Section PGA Senior Point Standings
6.	Top 15, Previous Year PA Senior Amateur Championship
7.	Top 15, Previous Year PA Senior Open Championship
8.	Top 5, Previous Year Art Wall, Jr. Memorial Championship (50+)
9.	Top 5, Previous Year Dressler Memorial Championship (50+)
10.	PA Senior Match Play Champion
11.	PA Super-Senior Match Play Champion
12.	Previous Year WPGA Senior Champion
13.	Previous Year GAP Senior Champion
14.	Previous Year USGA Senior Amateur Championship Qualifier
15.	Previous Year USGA Senior Open Championship Qualifier
16.	Host Site Club Professional
17.	Host Site Club Champion (Senior)
18.	Committee Exemption
19.	Top 10, Previous Year Western New York Section PGA Senior Point Standings
20.	PA Senior Open Champions (Past 5 Years)

2025 32nd Middle-Amateur Championship Exemptions

Name	Exemption
1. Alex Anderson	8
2. Ian Bangor	8,15
3. Brendan Borst	8
4. Dan Brown	2,9
5. Michael R. Brown, Jr.	1,10
6. Andy Butler	2,8,18
7. Benjamin Cooley	5, 6
8. Arnie Cutrell	8
9. Clay Davidson	9
10. Michael Davis	18
11. Zach Dilcher	2,
12. Matt Dolinsky	9
13. Zak Drescher	14
14. sean edgar	18
15. Kevin Fajt	8,9,18
16. Ben Feld	5,6
17. Tyler Flagler	8
18. Jeff Frazier	11
19. Aaron Fricke	18
20. Michael Garcia	9
21. Matt Holuta	4
22. Todd Homan	9
23. Brian Isztwan	4, 17
24. Tanner Johnson	5,7
25. Frank Kacvinsky	8
26. Brandon Knaub	5, 8
27. Kevin Koerbel	18
28. Brock Kovach	8,10
29. Darin Kowalski	8
30. Joel Kramer	9
31. John Lalley	18
32. Austin Lemieux	5,7
33. Chip Lutz	10
34. Andrew Mason	5, 6
35. Matthew Mattare	2,8
36. Tug Maude	2
37. Scott McNeil	2
38. Mitch Mercer	2,7
39. Mark Miller	6,8
40. Tom Nettles	5, 7
41. Gregor Orlando	6,
42. Rich Owsik	9
43. David Palumbo	8
44. Rij Patel	7
45. Ian Patterson	8
46. Jon Pratkanis	8,
47. Scott Pugh
48. Jon Rusk	5,6
49. Patrick Rutter	8
50. Sean Semenetz	4
51. Grant Skyllas	8
52. Colin Smith	19
53. Nathan Smith	4,19
54. William Smith	9,10
55. Tyler Stahle	18
56. Rick Stimmel	10,19
57. Nathan Sutherland	10
58. Troy Vannucci	2, 5, 8
59. Nicholas Vecellio	10
60. Eric Williams	9,19
61. Brett Young	2

Exemption Class Codes

1.	PA Amateur Champions (Past 10 years)
2.	PA Mid-Amateur Champions (Past 10 years)
3.	PA Open Champions (if amateur) (Past 10 years)
4.	R. Jay Sigel Amateur Match Play Champions (Past 10 years)
5.	Top 25, Previous Year W.C. Fownes POY
6.	Top 20, Previous Year PA Amateur
7.	Top 15 Amateurs, Previous Year PA Open
8.	Top 20, Previous Year PA Middle-Amateur
9.	Top 10, Previous Year Art Wall, Jr. Memorial
10.	Top 10, Previous Year George Dressler Memorial
11.	Previous Year PA Senior Amateur Champion
12.	Previous Year GAP Amateur Champion
13.	Previous Year WPGA Amateur Champion
14.	Previous Year GAP Mid-Amateur Champion
15.	Previous Year WPGA Mid-Amateur Champion
16.	Host Site Club Champion
17.	Qualify for Previous Year USGA Amateur
18.	Qualify for Previous Year USGA Middle-Amateur
19.	Qualify for Match Play in Previous Year Sigel Amateur Match Play
20.	Committee Exemption

2025 22nd R. Jay Sigel Amateur Match Play Championship Guaranteed Spots

Name	Exemption
1. John Aber	2
2. Carson Bacha	2
3. Austin BARBIN	2
4. Evan Barbin	2
5. Matthew Bastian, Jr	3
6. Michael R. Brown, Jr.	2
7. Andy Butler	2
8. Rick Calve	2
9. Benjamin Cooley	2
10. Anthony Cordaro	2
11. Arnie Cutrell	2
12. Amani Dambrosio	2
13. Clay Davidson	2
14. Anthony DePietress	2
15. Matt Dolinsky	2
16. Evan Eichenlaub	2
17. Garrett Engle	2
18. Kevin Fajt	2
19. Samuel Feeney	2
20. Ben Feld	2
21. Karl Frisk	1,2
22. Nicholas Gross	2
23. Jake Haberstumpf	2
24. Brian Isztwan	1,2
25. Patrick Isztwan	2
26. Palmer Jackson	1,2
27. Tanner Johnson	2
28. Scott Jordan	2
29. Frank Kacvinsky	2
30. Brandon Knaub	2
31. Brock Kovach	2
32. Darin Kowalski	2
33. Austin Lemieux	2
34. Andrew Mason	2
35. matthew Mattioli	2
36. Tug Maude	2
37. Derek Mcglaughlin	2
38. Jimmy Meyers	2
39. Mark Miller	2
40. Mark Miller	2
41. Peyton Mussina	2
42. Tom Nettles	2
43. Aidan Oehrle	2
44. Gregor Orlando	2
45. Rich Owsik	2
46. Billy Pabst, Jr.	2
47. Logan Paczewski	2
48. Sam Pancoast	2
49. Ian Patterson	2
50. Nathan Piatt	2
51. Jon Rusk	2
52. Patrick Rutter	2
53. Joshua Ryan	1,2
54. Calen Sanderson	2
55. John Sawin	2
56. Eli Shah	2
57. Patrick Sheehan	1,2
58. Grant Skyllas	2
59. Colin Smith	2
60. Nathan Smith	2
61. William Smith	2
62. Rick Stimmel	2
63. CALEB TAYLOR	2
64. chuck tragesser, lll	2
65. Nicholas Turowski	2
66. Troy Vannucci	2
67. Nicholas Vecellio	2
68. Eric Williams	2

Exemption Class Codes

1.	R. Jay Sigel Amateur Match Play Champions (Past 5 years)
2.	Top 66, Previous Year W.C. Fownes POY (ties for 66th place will be broken by date registered)
3.	Host Site Club Champion

2025 82nd Junior Boys' Championship & Junior Team Championship Guaranteed Spots

Name	Exemption
1. Davis Conaway	1
2. Sean Curran, Jr.	1
3. Braddock Damore	1
4. Ravi Desai	1
5. Andrew Ekstrom	1
6. Samuel Feeney	1
7. Callahan Harrell	1
8. Carson Holmes	1
9. Carson Hummer	1
10. Carson Kittsley	1
11. Ian Larsen	1
12. Colton Lusk	1
13. Luke McGraw	1
14. Ian Natale	1
15. Nicky Nemo	1
16. Braden Riley	1
17. jack Sacriponte	1
18. Alex Talmadge	1
19. Nick Werner	1

Exemption Class Codes

1.	Top 30 Previous Year Junior Boys

2025 66th Senior Amateur Championship Guaranteed Spots

Name	Exemption
1. Robert Allshouse	3
2. Jason Barkley	4
3. John Barry	2
4. John Bearrie	2
5. Bob Beck	2,4
6. David Blichar	1
7. Dan Brown	2
8. Daniel Brown	4
9. David Brown	1,2
10. Michael Capotis	3,5,9
11. Scott Christie	3,5
12. Bob Crnjarich	2,8
13. Ronan Culligan	2
14. Arnie Cutrell	2
15. Gary Daniels	3
16. Duke Delcher	1
17. Don Donatoni	5,7
18. Michael Fagan	2
19. Rex Feldmiller	2
20. Chris Fieger,, Sr	1,2,8
21. Jeff Frazier	1,2
22. Jim Gavaghan, Gavaghan	1, 5
23. Robert Gill	3
24. Neil Gordon	2
25. Perry Graciano	1
26. Sean Knapp	1
27. Chip Lutz	2
28. Lee Lykens	1
29. Larry Martone	7,9
30. Scott Mayne	1
31. Kevin McCarthy	3
32. Steve Meyer	3
33. Todd Mostoller	2
34. David Olexson, Sr	2
35. John Olszewski	2
36. Gregory Osborne	7
37. Paul Rogowicz	2
38. Bill Rosemeyer	2,8
39. Brian Rothaus	1,3,5,6,7,9
40. Vincent Scarpetta, Jr.	5
41. Ed Short	3
42. Glenn Smeraglio	1
43. William Smith	2,4,6
44. Steven Steighner	4
45. Rick Stimmel	1,2,6,8
46. Chris Storck	2,6
47. Don Uhrig, Jr.	2
48. Michael Vassil	3,5
49. Todd Vonderheid	2,6
50. Ron Weaver	2
51. Joseph Weiscarger	3,7
52. Tom White	3,9

Exemption Class Codes

1.	PA Senior Amateur Champions (Sr.: Past 10; S.-Sr.: Past 5)
2.	Top 25, W.C. Fownes Sr. POY
3.	Top 15, Previous Year W.C. Fownes S.-Sr. POY
4.	Top 5 Previous Year Art Wall (Senior Division)
5.	Top 5 Previous Year Art Wall (Super-Senior Division)
6.	Top 5 Previous Year Dressler (Senior Division)
7.	Top 5 Previous Year Dressler (Super-Senior Division)
8.	Semifinalist Previous Year Senior Match Play
9.	Semifinalist Previous Year Super-Senior Match Play
10.	Host Site Senior Club Champion
11.	Host Site Super-Senior Club Champion