Players in the following categories will be eligible for exemption provided they meet all entry and eligibility requirements:
NOTE: Blank entries will be filed by the FSGA for players who become exempt after the close of entries.
Previous Amateur Champions
| 2016 |
Jacob Huizinga
|
| 2015 |
Jimmy Jones
|
2014
|
Gabriel Lench
|
| 2013 |
Sam Horsfield
|
| 2005 |
Ryan Abbate |
| 2003 |
Richard Maddox |
| 1997 |
Mark Leetzow |
| 1996 |
Steve Carrington |
| 1991 |
Buddy Alexander |
| 1990 |
Robbie Davis |
Top 1,000 from last year's final World Amateur Golf Ranking
Click here for the last year's final World Amateur Golf Rankings
Top 15 and tied from last year's Amateur Championship
1
|
Jacob Huizinga
|
272 |
| 2 |
Blake Dyer
|
277
|
| T3 |
Logan Lanier
|
278 |
T3
|
Michael DeMorat
|
278 |
| 5 |
Christian DiMarco
|
279 |
T6
|
Jimmy Jones Jr.
|
280 |
T6
|
Ryan Gendron
|
280 |
T6
|
Nicolas Cavero
|
280 |
T9
|
Timothy Colanta
|
281 |
T9
|
Gabriel Lench
|
281 |
T11
|
Austin Schultz
|
282 |
T11
|
Mike Andre
|
282 |
T11
|
Stephen Anderson
|
282 |
T11
|
Anthonly Muttillo
|
282 |
T15
|
Kyle Shealy
|
283 |
| T15 |
Eduardo Blochtein |
283 |
| T15 |
Kerry Sweeney |
283 |
Top 20 and tied from last year's final Player of the Year Points List
| 1 |
Joe Alfieri
|
| 2 |
Christopher Carlin
|
| 3 |
Jacob Huizinga
|
| 4 |
Luis Gagne
|
| 5 |
Blake Dyer
|
| 6 |
Stephen Anderson
|
| 7 |
Sam Horsfield
|
| 8 |
Nicolas Cavero
|
| 9 |
Michael DeMorat
|
| 10 |
Michael Connors |
11
|
Jon Veneziano
|
| 12 |
Jake Kevorkian
|
| 13 |
R J Nakashian
|
| 14 |
Jimmy Stanger
|
| 15 |
Marc Dull
|
| 16 |
Chip Brooke
|
| 17 |
Casper Howells
|
| 18 |
Carl Santos-Ocampo
|
| 19 |
Micahel Weeks
|
| 20 |
Sachin Kumar
|
Championship Host Clubs' Representatives
Nathaniel Crosby Jr.
|
| Gary Nicklaus |
Last year's Florida Open Low Amateur
Amateurs finishing top five and tied from last year's Florida Open Championship
T3
|
Jake Kevorkian
|
T5
|
Casper Howells
|
T5
|
Ethan Marcus
|
Last year's Boys Junior Champion (16-18 Age Division)
Last year's Boys Junior Champion (13-15 Age Division)
Last year's Amateur Match Play Champion
Last year's Mid-Amateur Stroke Play Champion
Current year's Amateur Public Links Champion
Last year's Mid-Senior Champion
Last year's Senior Amateur Player of the Year
Current year's Senior Amateur Champion
Current and last two year's Mid-Amateur Champions
2017
|
Robert Bechtol
|
| 2016 |
Chip Brooke
|
2015
|
T J Shuart
|
Current year's Mid-Amateur Championship Semifinalists
Robert Bechtol
|
Tyler Shook
|
Chip Brooke
|
Joe Alfieri
|
Last year's Junior Player of the Year
Florida residents qualifying for last year's U.S. Amateur Championship
Ronald Davis
|
Michael DeMorat
|
Marc Dull
|
Taylor Funk
|
Luis Gagne
|
Ryan Gendron
|
| Jimmy Jones Jr |
Zack Justice
|
Jay King
|
Philip Knowles
|
Kevin Reilly
|
| Brian Richards |
Jimmy Stanger
|
Current year's final Winter Series Mid-Amateur (25-54) Points Leader
Last Year's FHSAA Boys Class 1A Individual Champion
Last Year's FHSAA Boys Class 2A Individual Champion
Last Year's FHSAA Boys Class 3A Individual Champion
Special Exemption due to 2017 Mid-Amateur date change:
Chris Fabozzi
|
Matt Giovanelli
|
| Thad Hudgens |
