The following individuals are exempt for the 2023 Junior Amateur Championship.
Although exempt according to the conditions and regulations of the event, these players are only eligible to compete in Championship Proper if they submit the stipulated entry form and fee prior to the entry close date.
Category #1
2021 & 2022 Mass Golf Champions (NEW in 2023)
2022 Champions of the Junior, Pre-Junior, Ouimet (Champ Division Only), Amateur, Amateur Public Links and Young Golfers’ Amateur, if eligible.
Junior – John Broderick
Pre Junior Division – Josiah Hakala
YGA – Aarav Lavu
Ouimet – Ryan Downes
Amateur – Conner Willett
APL – Zachary Miller
2021 Champions of the Pre-Junior Division, Ouimet (Champ Division ONLY), Amateur, Amateur Public Links, and Young Golfers’ Amateur, if eligible
Pre Junior Division – Ryan Downes
YGA – Tucker Cullinan
Ouimet – Chris Francouer
Amateur – Michael Thorbjornsen
APL – James Imai
Category #2
Any previous overall Junior Amateur Champion, if eligible.
Category #3
Any Massachusetts Junior player who qualified for the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, if eligible.
(must have had an active Mass Golf membership in 2022)
Weston Jones
Aidan LeBlanc
John Broderick
Patrick Ginnity
Aidan Emmerich
Category #4
The top fifteen (15) finishers and ties from the 2022 Christopher Cutler Rich Junior Player of the Year standings, if eligible.
Ryan Downes
John Broderick
Aidan Emmerich
Weston Jones
Josiah Hakala
Joey Lenane
Zach Pelzar
Aidan Odonovan
Alex Landry
Andrew TeDuits
Colin Spencer
Galen Fowles
Markus Pierre
Cael Kohan
Brendan Zinck
Category #5
The top five (5) finishers and ties from the 2022 Young Golfers’ Junior Amateur Championship, the top ten (10) finishers and ties from the 2022 Pre-Junior Division, and the top thirty (30) finishers and ties from the 2022 Junior Amateur Championship, if eligible.
Young Golfers’ Amateur Championship
Aarav Lavu
Patrick Maloney
Tucker Cullinan
Colin Haynes
Bobby MacAulay
Michael Letendre
Tyler Dearborn
Pre-Junior Division
Josiah Hakala
Matthew Oliveira
Savar Bhasin
Drew Golden
Reilly Fowles
Jeffrey Ambrose
Brian Campbell
Julian Ragosa
Gavin Lane
Kyle Harsh
Junior Amateur Championship
Aidan Emmerich
John Broderick
Colin Spencer
Andrew TeDuits
Josiah Hakala
Ryan Scollins
Galen Fowles
Pieter Hartman
Markus Pierre
Emil Nielsen
Nick McCabe
Zach Pelzar
Ryan Fay
Ryan Keyes
John Pagano
Alan Rose
Noah Farland
Alex Landry
Brendan Roy
Patrick Ginnity
Maxwell McWilliams
Owen Blakely
Jeffrey Babineau
Thomas Hurley
Matthew Oliveira
Savar Bhasin
Kyle Farias
Aidan Monahan
Reese Jensen
Aidan Odonovan
Category #6
The top ten (10) finishers and ties from 2022 the MIAA Division 1, 2 & 3 State Championships, if eligible.
Division 1
Ryan Downes
Molly Smith
Terry Manning
Andrew TeDuits
Thomas Constantine
Noah Farland
Danny Fearing
Chad Tordone
Cole Adams
Matt Quinn
Division 2
Patrick Ginnity
Philip Le gassick
Aiden Leblank
Tom Murdough
Matthew Costello
Ethan Beauchemin
Lillian Guleserian
Owen Hamilton
Will Spring
Kyzar Joshi
Division 3
Zach Pelzar
Richard Combra
Thomas Hurley
Mitchell Norkevicius
Evan Piekos
Ricky Gardella
Liam Marek
Logan Corriveau
Mark Mcdonald
Finn Maher
Category #7
The top nine (9) finishers and ties from the 2023 ISL Kingman Bowl Tournament & top nine (9) finishers and ties from the 2022 EIL Tournament, if eligible. (NEW in 2023)
2022 EIL Championship
Kyle Boudreau
Evan Buddenhagen
Nick DiBurro
Oliver Ramee
James Curtin
Caleb Newman
Josh Small
Eli Hamelsky
Max Ash
Anna Gardner
2023 ISL Kingman Bowl
CJ Winchenbaugh
Reese Jensen
Henry Kirk
Alan Rose
Payne Plum
Mason Malouf
Jack McDermott
Sascha Robinson
Lucy Wang
Category #8
The top ten (10) finishers and ties from the 2022 US Challenge Cup, NEPGA and CTPGA Player of the Year standings, if eligible.
2022 US Challenge Cup POY Standings
Ryan Downes
Harry Dessel
Max Jackson
John Broderick
CJ Winchenbaugh
Luke Stennett
Josiah Hakala
Tommy Murdough
Carson Erick
Will Gregware
2022 NEPGA Junior POY Standings
16-18 Division
Jason Giampapa
William Miele
Noah Barnatt
Ryan Adams
Matthew Tramonte
Colin Underwood
Anthony Choukas
Nicolas Gebhardt
Angelo Molinari
Patrick Kiernan
14-15 Division
Cameron Porier
Luke Grebinar
Brendan Burke
Alex Peck
Teja Hanumolu
Thomas Manning
Jacob Hershfield
AJ Bodnar
Jack Moriarty
Jacob Shi
2022 CTPGA Junior POY Standings
Matthew Downes
Robby Rosati
Ryan Downes
Austin Perkins, Jr.
Andrew Beauton
Will Gregware
Yiwen Wang
Alex Elia
Elias Kennon
Bradley Sawka
Category #9
2022 NEGA Junior Amateur Invitational Individual Champion, if eligible
Will Lodge (CT)