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.
Professionals
Last five year's Florida Open Champions
| 2015 |
N/A |
| 2014 |
Caleb Johnson, Jr |
| 2013 |
Tyler McCumber
|
2012
|
N/A
|
| 2011 |
Rod Perry |
Professional finishing top ten and tied from last year's Florida Open
| T3
|
Joey Petronio
|
| T5 |
Alan Morin |
| T5 |
David Hronek
|
| T5 |
Daniel Olsen |
| 8 |
Brad Bruner |
| T9 |
David Johnson |
Championship Host Clubs' Representative (may be an amateur)
Brad Doster (a) - Interlachen
|
| Mike Lawrence - Orange Tree |
Current year's SFPGA Open Champion
Current year's Fort Lauderdale Open Champion
(Regular Division)
Last year's NFPGA PNC Champion
Last year's Dixie, NFPGA and SFPGA Section Champions
(Dixie and SFPGA Professional Champion)
| Dixie |
NFPGA |
SFPGA |
Steve Cutler
|
David Hronek
|
Alan Morin
|
Last year's Dixie, NFPGA and SFPGA Section Senior (Regular Division) Champion
| Dixie |
NFPGA |
SFPGA |
Todd McCorkle
|
Barry Cheesman
|
Lee Rinker
|
Last year's Dixie, NFPGA and SFPGA Section Chapter Champions
| Dixie |
NFPGA |
SFPGA |
Andrew Peyton - Alabama
|
John Duckworth - Northern
|
Paul Scaletta - Southeast
|
| David Hanson - Gulf Coast |
Rod Perry - East Central
|
Mark Thomas - Southern |
| |
David Hronek - Southwest |
Andrew Filbert - Southwest |
| |
Jon Mansfield - West Central |
|
Last year's Dixie, NFPGA and SFPGA Section Assistant Champions
|
Dixie
|
NFPGA
|
SFPGA |
Todd McCorkle
|
Jake Etherton
|
Michael Valicenti
|
Last year's Dixie Section Match Play Champion
Current year's NFPGA Section Match Play Champion
Last year's Florida Senior Open Champion
Last year's Dixie, NFPGA and SFPGA Section Senior Player of the Year
(Regular Division)
| Dixie |
NFPGA |
SFPGA |
Todd McCorkle
|
Barry Cheesman
|
Gene Fieger
|
Last year's top five and tied from the final Dixie, NFPGA and SFPGA Section Player of the Year Points List
Dixie
|
NFPGA |
|
SFPGA |
Todd McCorkle
|
Rod Perry
|
|
Alan Morin
|
Steve Cutler
|
David Hronek
|
|
Paul Scaletta
|
Jeff Jordan
|
Greg Koch
|
|
Chris Trout
|
David Hanson
|
Dylan Malafronte
|
|
Gene Fieger
|
Eric Williamson
|
David Damesworth
|
|
Daniel Heaslip
|
Qualifiers for current year's U.S. Open Championship
(Professionals must meet Florida Open Eligibility)
Matthew Borchert
|
Andy Pope
|
Amateurs
Note: Loss of Exemptions - If a player turns professional, he loses any exemption(s) he previously earned as an amateur player with the FSGA
Last five year's Florida Open Champions
| 2015 |
John Jonas |
2014
|
N/A
|
2013
|
Chase Seiffert
|
2012
|
N/A
|
| 2011 |
N/A |
Amateurs finishing top ten and tied from last year's Florida Open
| 1
|
John Jonas |
| 2
|
Philip Knowles |
| T3 |
Ryan Carter |
| T9 |
Jake Kevorkian |
Current year's Amateur Champion
Last two year's Amateur Champions
| 2015 |
Jimmy Jones
|
| 2014 |
Gabriel Lench |
Top 200 and tied from last year's final World Amateur Golf Rankings
29
|
Hank Lebioda
|
30
|
Sam Horsfield
|
| 39 |
Jorge Garcia
|
44
|
Claudio Correa
|
58
|
Taylor Hancock
|
70
|
J D Tomlinson
|
78
|
Chase Koepka
|
| 83 |
Won Jun Lee |
| 87 |
Yechun (Carl) Yuan |
| 123 |
Cristobal Del Solar |
| 186 |
Rigel Fernandes |
195
|
Joe Alfieri |
198
|
Wocheng (Aden) Ye
|
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Last year's top five and tied Amateur Champion finishers
| 1 |
Jimmy Jones |
| 2 |
Cristobal Del Solar |
| 3 |
Chandler Blanchet |
| T4 |
Ryan Orr |
| T4 |
Michael DeMorat |
Last year's top five and tied from the final FSGA Player of the Year Points List
| 1 |
Joe Alfieri
|
| 2 |
T J Shuart
|
| 3 |
Jimmy Jones Jr.
|
| 4 |
Marc Dull
|
| 5 |
Stephen Anderson
|
Last year's Junior Amateur Player of the Year
Last year's Senior Amateur Player of the Year
Last year's Florida Senior Open Champion
Last year's Boys Junior Champion (16-18 Age Division)
Last year's Amateur Match Play Champion
Last year's Mid-Amateur Champion
Qualifiers for current year's U.S. Open Championship
