The Pennsylvania Golf Association

2026 113th Amateur Championship Exemptions

Name

Exemption

Exemption Class Codes

1. Ian Bangor

4,5,7

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)

2. Evan Barbin

4,5,16,17

3. Brendan Borst

4. Taylor Breckin

5. Andy Butler

2,7

6. Steve Cerbara

7. Cody Cox

8. Arnie Cutrell

4,7

9. Amani Dambrosio

4,17

10. Tyler Debusschere

11. Zach Dilcher

2,4,7

12. Scott Ehrlich

13. Jimmy Ellis

14. Kevin Fajt

4,17

15. Samuel Feeney

16. Andrew Forjan

17. Andrew Friend

18. Karl Frisk

3,5

19. David Fuhrer, II

20. G. Michael Garcia, II

21. Brian Groff

4,11

22. Nicholas Gross

23. Jake Haberstumpf

4,6,17

24. Frederik Hartmann

25. Jeff Homer

26. Matthew Homer

27. Brian Isztwan

28. Patrick Isztwan

29. Greg Jarmas

30. Scott Jordan

31. Frank Kacvinsky

32. John Keba

33. Kevin Koerbel

34. Brock Kovach

35. Darin Kowalski

2,4,7

36. Austin Lemieux

4,7

37. Michael Lugiano

4,5,16

38. Kevin Lydon

39. Andrew Mason

40. matthew Mattioli

4,5

41. Tug Maude

2,7

42. David Mecca

4,5

43. Mark Miller

44. John Peters

45. Timothy Peters

4,5

46. Nathan Piatt

4,5,16

47. Jon Pratkanis

4,7

48. Michael quallich

49. Richard Riva

50. Caleb Ryan

51. Rocco Salvitti

1,4,5,16

52. Calen Sanderson

6,17

53. John Sawin

54. Colin Smith

4,5,17

55. Hunter Stetson

4,5

56. Rick Stimmel

4,8

57. Nathan Sutherland

58. Hunter Swidzinski

59. Ryan Tall

60. chuck tragesser, lll

4,5,6

61. Nicholas Turowski

3,4,5,16,17

62. Troy Vannucci

63. Nick Werner

6,17

64. Chase Yenser

10,22

65. Thomas Young

66. Matthew Zerfass

5,6

2026 110th Open Championship Exemptions

Name

Exemption

Exemption Class Codes

1. John Aber

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

2. John Aber

3. Evan Barbin

5,21

4. Charlie Barrickman

5. Kyle Bennett

6. Trevor Bensel

7. Brian Bergstol

6,14

8. Eric Beringer

9. Jarred Berish

10. Alex Blickle

1,6

11. Andy Butler

12. Brett Carman

13. David Colleran, Jr.

14. Andrew Cornish

6,14

15. Arnie Cutrell

16. Amani Dambrosio

5,21

17. Tyler Debusschere

18. Anthony DeGol

19. Zach Dilcher

3,5,8

20. JD Dornes

21. Jordan Eck

22. Kevin Fajt

23. Samuel Feeney

24. Andrew Friend

25. Karl Frisk

26. David Fuhrer, II

6,17

27. Devin Gee

28. Nicholas Gianelos

29. Tanner Grzegorczyk

30. Jake Haberstumpf

6,12

31. Matthew Homer

32. Brian Isztwan

33. Palmer Jackson

34. Scott Jordan

35. John Keba

36. Brian Kelly

37. Kevin Koerbel

38. Darin Kowalski

3,5,8

39. Kevin Kraft

40. talon kriebel

41. Austin Lemieux

6,8

42. Michael Little

6,14

43. Michael Lugiano

5,7

44. Andrew Mason

45. matthew Mattioli

46. Tug Maude

47. Rob McClellan

15,13

48. Robert McClellan

49. David Mecca

50. Gregor Meyer

51. Mark Miller

52. Griffin Mitchell

53. Zac Oakley

54. Daniel Obremski

55. Jeff Osberg

56. Eddie Perrino

57. John Peters

58. Timothy Peters

59. Nathan Piatt

60. John Pillar, Sr.

61. Easton Renwick

62. Richard Riva

63. Caleb Ryan

64. Rocco Salvitti

2,5,7

65. Calen Sanderson

66. Connor Schmidt

6,13

67. Anthony Sebastianelli

6,14

68. Braden Shattuck

6,12,14

69. Patrick Sheehan

1,2,4,6

70. Kevin Shields

71. Neal Shipley, Jr.

72. Ben Smith

73. Jake Sollon

1,6

74. Hunter Stetson

75. Rick Stimmel

5,9

76. Nathan Sutherland

77. Ryan Tall

78. Beau Titsworth

6,13

79. chuck tragesser, lll

6,7,13

80. Nicholas Turowski

4,5,7,21

81. Kyle Vance

82. Troy Vannucci

83. Michael VanSickle

84. Brett Walker

6,14

85. Nick Werner

86. Riley Wheeldon

6,14

87. Campbell Wolf

88. Chase Yenser

89. Thomas Young

90. Matthew Zerfass

2026 113th Amateur Championship Exemptions

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