The following individuals are exempt for the 2025 Ouimet Memorial Tournament.
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
Past Ouimet Memorial Champions (regardless of state/club affiliation)
Category #2
Top fifteen (15) scorers and ties from the 2024 Ouimet Memorial Tournament
Jack O’Donnell
Conner Willett
Cooper Griffin
Patrick Frodigh
Raymond Dennehy
Patrick Kilcoyne
Collin McMahon-Shea
Alan Rose
Owen Egan
Matt Parziale
Kevin Gately
David D’Agostino
Aidan O’Donovan
Matt Williams
Daniel Schwartz
Trevor Drew
Category #3
2023 & 2024 Individual Champions, if eligible
2023 Mass Golf Champions
Open – Low (Mass Golf) Amateur – Ricky Stimets
Amateur – Ryan Downes
Junior Amateur – Carson Erick
Amateur Public Links – Ben Spitz
Mid-Amateur – Ricky Stimets
2024 Mass Golf Champions
Open – Low (Mass Golf) Amateur – James Imai
Amateur – Matthew Naumec
Junior Amateur – Josiah Hakala
Amateur Public Links – Joseph Lenane
Mid-Amateur – Jake Ratti
Category #4
2025 Individual Champions, if eligible
Open – Low (Mass Golf) Amateur – TBA
Amateur – TBA
Category #5
2024 Amateur Round of 16
Matthew Naumec
John Broderick
Gavin Lane
Matt Parziale
Danny Frodigh
Collin McMahon-Shea
Ryan Downes
Ethan Whitney
Tyler Dupuis
Jake Shuman
Aidan O’Donovan
Weston Jones
Jake Ratti
Ricky Stimets
Trevor Drew
Jake Mrva
Category #6
2025 Amateur Quarterfinalist
TBA
Category #7
Top five (5) scorers and ties from the 2024 Mid-Amateur Championship
Jake Ratti
Ricky Stimets
Matt Parziale
Joe Harney
Mike Calef
Mike Rattigan
James Othus
Category #8
Top five (5) scorers and ties from the 2024 Amateur Public Links Championship
Joseph Lenane
Kyle Buschmann
Ben Spitz
Michael Murray
Trevor Connolly
Category #9
2024 Junior Amateur Round of 16
Carson Erick
Drew Golden
Max McColgan
Gunnar Moore
Josiah Hakala
Colin Gleason
Reese Jensen
Tripp Hollister
Christopher Morrow
Cole Banning
Kyle Harsh
Will Spring
CJ Winchenbaugh
Gavin Lane
Sascha Robinson
Zachary Georgantas
Category #10
Top five (5) Mass Golf scorers and ties from the 2024 New England Amateur Championship
CJ Winchenbaugh
John Broderick
Collin McMahon-Shea
Ethan Whitney
Zach Pelzar
Category #11
2024 U.S. Open Local/Sectional, U.S. Am, Mid-Am & Junior Am Qualifiers (Mass Golf Competitors Only)
(must have had an active Mass Golf Membership in 2024)
Alex Landry
Ryan Downes
Joseph Lenane
Arthur Zelmati
Matt Cowgill
Nick Maccario
Ray Dennehy
Liam Gill
James Imai
Matt Parziale
Matthew Naumec
Cam Moniz
Nick Resor
Joshua Shepard
Christian Jensen
James Pleat
Ben Balter
Nathan Davis
Ricky Stimets
Matthew Quinn
C.J. Winchenbaugh
Josiah Hakala
Category #12
Top ten (10) finishers and ties from the 2024 Richard D. Haskell Player of the Year standings, if eligible. Additional exemptions may be awarded based on the 2024 Richard D. Haskell Player of the Year standings (in order) to fill the field, as needed.
Matt Parziale
John Broderick
Ricky Stimets
Joseph Lenane
James Imai
Matthew Naumec
Jake Ratti
Ryan Downes
Ethan Whitney
Jack O’Donnell
Category #13
Top five (5) and ties, not yet exempt from the 2025 Richard D. Haskell Player of the Year standings as of July 2, 2025.
TBA
Category #14
Top five (5) finishers and ties from the 2024 Christopher Cutler Rich Junior Player of the Year Standings
CJ Winchenbaugh
Josiah Hakala
Ryan Downes
Carson Erick
Reese Jensen
Category #15
The individual champion from the 2024 MIAA Division 1, 2 & 3 State Championships, if eligible
Division 1 – Ronan Mooney
Division 2 – Zachary Georgantas
Division 3 – Reid Ohanesian
Category #16
The Low Mass Golf competitor from the 2024 EIL Championship and 2025 ISL Kingman Bowl, if eligible
2024 EIL Champion – Eli Hamelsky
2025 ISL Kingman Bowl – TBA
Category #17
2025 Hornblower Memorial Champion, if eligible
TBA
Category #18(a)
Top three (3) Mass Golf affiliated finishers in the 2025 U.S. Challenge Cup (Boy’s 14-18 Division) – World Series of Junior Golf.
TBA
Category #18(b)
Top Mass Golf affiliated competitor, not yet exempt from the 2025 U.S. Challenge Cup Boy’s Player of the Year standings as of the conclusion of the World Series of Junior Golf. Any ties will be broken and determined by the U.S. Challenge Cup staff.
TBA
Category #19
Host Club Exemption (4.4 H.I.® or less) – 1 per host site (Championship Division)
Wollaston GC – TBA
Woodland GC – TBA
Category #20
Past Ouimet Memorial Tournament Lowery Division Champions/Championship Division Champions (regardless of state/club affiliation)
Category #21
Top five (5) scorers and ties from the 2024 Ouimet Memorial Tournament (Lowery Division)
Frank Vana
Doug Clapp
Todd Ezold
John Hadges
John McNeill
Category #22
2023 & 2024 Individual Champions, if eligible
2023 Mass Golf Champions
Senior Amateur – Scott Copeland
Super Senior Amateur – Keith Smith
2024 Mass Golf Champions
Senior Amateur – Doug Clapp
Super Senior Amateur – Don Reycroft
Category #23
Top ten (10) scorers and ties from the 2024 Senior Amateur Championship
Doug Clapp
John Hadges
Kevin Daly
John McNeill
Todd Ezold
Dean Godek
Steven Tasho
Andy Drohen
Scott Copeland
Vincent Bucci
Bruce White
Terry Dunn
Mark Souliotis
Category #24
Top three (3) scorers and ties from the 2024 Super Senior Championship
Don Reycroft
Steven Tasho
Andrew Berman
Category #25
Top five (5) Mass Golf scorers and ties from the 2024 New England Senior Amateur Championship
Andy Drohen
Dean Godek
Doug Clapp
John McNeill
Frank Vana
Category #26
2024 U.S. Senior Open & Senior Am Qualifiers (Mass Golf Competitors Only)
(must have had an active Mass Golf Membership in 2024)
David Pierce
Doug Clapp
Donald Foberg
Category #27
Top ten (10) finishers and ties from the 2024 George M. Cohen Senior Player of the Year standings, if eligible. Additional exemptions may be awarded based on the 2024 George M. Cohen Senior Player of the Year standings (in order) to fill the field, as needed.
Doug Clapp
John Hadges
Andy Drohen
Dean Godek
Kevin Daly
Frank Vana
John McNeill
Steven Tasho
David Pierce
Todd Ezold
Category #28
The top five (5) finishers and ties in the 2024 Super Senior Player of the Year standings, if eligible. Additional exemptions may be awarded based on the 2024 Super Senior Player of the Year standings (in order) to fill the field, as needed.
Steven Tasho
Don Reycroft
Robert Reni
Donald Foberg
Andrew Berman
Category #29
Top three (3) and ties, not yet exempt from the 2025 George M. Cohen Senior Player of the Year standings as of July 2, 2025.
TBA
Category #30
2024 Senior Hornblower Champion, if eligible
John Hadges
Category #31
Host Club Exemption (8.0 H.I. or less) – 1 per host site (Lowery Division)
Wollaston GC – TBA
Woodland GC – TBA
Category #32
Past Ouimet Memorial Tournament Women’s Division Champions, if eligible (regardless of state/club affiliation)
Category #33
Women’s Amateur Champions of the last ten (10) years
2024 – Morgan Smith
2023 – Rebecca Skoler
2022 – Morgan Smith
2021 – Catie Schernecker
2020 – Allison Paik
2019 – Angela Garvin
2018 – Shannon Johnson
2017 – Hannah Ghelfi
2016 – Jacquelyn Eleey
2015 – Isabel Southard
Category #34
Top five (5) scorers from the 2024 Ouimet Memorial Tournament Women’s Division
Isabel Brozena
Morgan Smith
Shannon Johnson
Megan Buck
Madison Smith
Category #35
2023 & 2024 Individual Champions, if eligible
2023 Mass Golf Champions
Baker Trophy – Emma Abramson
Junior Amateur – Maddie Smith
Senior Amateur – Sue Curtin
Grace Keyes Cup – Shannon Johnson
2024 Mass Golf Champions
Baker Trophy – Tara Connelly
Junior Amateur – Isabel Brozena
Senior Amateur – Pam Kuong
Grace Keyes Cup – Megan Buck
Category #36
2024 Women’s Amateur Round of 16
Mekhala Costello
Shannon Johnson
Amy Lyon
Allison Paik
Morgan Smith
Charlotte Cute
Molly Smith
Mackenzie Whitney
Erika Redmond
Megan Buck
Jaelyn Deboise
Julia Imai
Annie Dai
Christine Mandile
Jillian Johnson
Katherine Ng
Category #37
Top five (5) Mass Golf scorers and ties in the 2024 New England Women’s Amateur Championship
Carys Fennessy
Lillian Guleserian
Megan Buck
Shannon Johnson
Madison Smith
Category #38
Low Mass Golfer in the 2024 New England Women’s Senior Amateur Championship.
Tara Connelly
Category #39
2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Girls’ Junior, Women’s Mid-Amateur & Senior Amateur Qualifiers (Mass Golf Competitors Only)
(must have had an active Mass Golf Membership in 2024)
Rebecca Skoler
Morgan Smith
Molly Smith
Madison Smith
Isabel Brozena
Tracy Martin
Megan Buck
Claire Richardson
Mary Mulcahy
Tracy Welch
Susan Curtin
Natalie Galligan
Jayne Pardus
Erin O’Hara
Category #40
Top five (5) finishers and ties from the 2024 Anne Marie Tobin Player of the Year standings, if eligible. Additional exemptions may be awarded based on the 2024 Anne Marie Tobin Player of the Year standings (in order) to fill the field, as needed.
Megan Buck
Shannon Johnson
Morgan Smith
Carys Fennessy
Isabel Brozena
Category #41
Top five (5) finishers and ties from the 2024 Girls’ Junior Player of the Year standings. Additional exemptions may be awarded based on the 2024 Girls’ Junior Player of the Year standings (in order) to fill the field, as needed.
Lillian Guleserian
Isabel Brozena
Carys Fennessy
Julia Imai
Madison Smith
Category #42
Top five (5) finishers and ties from the 2024 Women’s Senior Player of the Year standings, if eligible. Additional exemptions may be awarded based on the 2024 Women’s Senior Player of the Year standings (in order) to fill the field, as needed.
Pamela Kuong
Tara Connelly
Jayne Pardus
Natalie Galligan
Sue Curtin
Category #43
Top three (3) and ties, not yet exempt from the 2025 Anne Marie Tobin Women’s Player of the Year standings as of July 2, 2025.
TBA
Category #44
Top three (3) finishers and ties from the 2024 MIAA Girls Golf State Championship, if eligible
Isabel Brozena
Lillian Guleserian
Mya Murphy
Category #45
Top Mass Golf affiliated finisher in the 2025 U.S. Challenge Cup (Girls’ Open Division) – World Series of Junior Golf.
TBA
Category #46
Host Club Exemption (14.0 H.I. or less) – 1 per host site (Women’s Division)
Wollaston GC – TBA
Woodland GC – TBA
