2020 Arizona Open

Exempt Players

The following players are exempt for the 77th Arizona Open Championship. These competitors do not need to compete in a qualifying event and can register for the Championship event. Select a player to see individual exemption detail.

Select A Player Avant, Greg Beljan, Charlie Black, Reed Brooks, Matt Calabro, Leo Candelaria III, Abe Carper, Lucas Christopherson, Caden Cooper, Brian Critchfield, Kendall D'Souza, Leon Deminsky, Derek Dompier, Chris Downs, Dennis Engram, David Feagles, Michael Fletcher, Spencer Gallagher, Jeff Griffith, Glen Grove, Russell Helseth, Troy Hill, Calum Hocknull, Craig Hodge, Nick Holmes, Mitchell Hopper, Michael Jertson, Marty Kartrude, Michael Kertson, Tyler Kim, DK Lampson, Trevor Leibfried, Mark Lidstone, Rob Lorenz, Ben Marquez, Braxton McClung, Matt McGilton, Mike Meyers, Jim Morgan, Jon Mueller, Jesse Natarajan, Shankar Ostrom, Hunter Padgett, Wells Pancratz, Bobby Paquet, Brett Ramos, Tim Rauer, David Samiere, PJ Satterlee, Chris Scodro, Max Sekulic, Max Shelburne, Derek Smith, Zach Sohn, Jino Thomas, Chris Triplett, Sam VanCleave, Matt Walicki, Adam Walters, Jonathan Weston, Wesley White, Evan Wilcox, Chad Wittig, Randy Wood, RJ Younan, Jake Yurkiewicz, Jeff

Avant, Greg

• Winner of the 2019 Southwest PGA Senior Championship
• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Beljan, Charlie

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Black, Reed

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Brooks, Matt

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Calabro, Leo

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Candelaria III, Abe

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2019 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Carper, Lucas

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Christopherson, Caden

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Cooper, Brian

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Critchfield, Kendall

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

D'Souza, Leon

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Deminsky, Derek

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Dompier, Chris

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties
• 2019 Southern Chapter PGA Player of the Year

Downs, Dennis

• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Engram, David

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Feagles, Michael

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Fletcher, Spencer

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Gallagher, Jeff

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Griffith, Glen

• 2019 Southern Chapter Champion
• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Grove, Russell

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Helseth, Troy

• 2019 Southern Nevada Chapter PGA Player of the Year

Hill, Calum

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Hocknull, Craig

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open
• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA PPC Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Hodge, Nick

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Holmes, Mitchell

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2019 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Hopper, Michael

• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2019 Southwest PGA Player of the Year
• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Jertson, Marty

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties
• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Kartrude, Michael

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Kertson, Tyler

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open
• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2019 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Kim, DK

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open
• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Lampson, Trevor

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Leibfried, Mark

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Lidstone, Rob

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Lorenz, Ben

• 2019 JGAA Player of the Year

Marquez, Braxton

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

McClung, Matt

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

McGilton, Mike

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Meyers, Jim

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties
• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Morgan, Jon

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Mueller, Jesse

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open
• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Natarajan, Shankar

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Ostrom, Hunter

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Padgett, Wells

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Pancratz, Bobby

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Paquet, Brett

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Ramos, Tim

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Rauer, David

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Samiere, PJ

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Satterlee, Chris

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Scodro, Max

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Sekulic, Max

• Winner of 2019 Saguaro Amateur Series

Shelburne, Derek

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Smith, Zach

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Sohn, Jino

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Thomas, Chris

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2019 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Triplett, Sam

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

VanCleave, Matt

• 2019 Southwest PGA Assistant Champion
• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Walicki, Adam

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2019 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Walters, Jonathan

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Weston, Wesley

• 2019 Southern Nevada Chapter Champion

White, Evan

• 2019 Arizona Golf Association Amateur Champion

Wilcox, Chad

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open

Wittig, Randy

• Top 25 & Ties from 2019 Arizona Open
• 2019 Southwest PGA Senior Player of the Year

Wood, RJ

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Younan, Jake

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Yurkiewicz, Jeff

• 2019 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Exempt players for the 77th Arizona Open Championship can Register Here.

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Arizona Open Exemption Requests

All individuals who desire an exemption into the 2020 Arizona Open Championship MUST do the following:

• Register for one of the five (5) Arizona Open Qualifiers by the deadline July 2, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. local time.
• Compose a letter addresses to Southwest PGA, Attn: Arizona Open Exemptions, 10685 N. 69th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85254 that includes:
• Playing status - Amateur, PGA Professional, Non-PGA Professional
• Playing accomplishments for the past five (5) years.
• Top 5 individual tournament finishes within the past three (3) years.
• Other major accomplishments achieved throughout your playing career.
  
  
• Mail the letter as addressed OR email to bibrahim@pgahq.com.

The Southwest PGA is responsible for the approval of the exemptions and will evaluate all submissions through July 2nd. Any requests submitted after this deadline will NOT be considered for any reason. The Southwest PGA will award exemptions in a meeting prior to the first Arizona Open qualifier on July 6, 2020, and all individuals who submitted requests will be notified.