2022 Arizona Open

Exempt Players

The following players are exempt for the 79th 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 Aranda, Tony Arman, Nick Avant, Thomas Beljan, Charlie Blystone, Chris Braley, Matthew Brooks, Matt Bryant, Davis Cannon, Blake Card, Jay Carter, Jim Cooper, Brian Deminsky, Derek Dolan, Kim Dompier, Chris Downs, Dennis Edmiston, Jason Elias, Rich Engram, David Favela, Armando Gaona, Richard Hack, Jhared Hantla, Chris Herrera, Michael Hill, Calum Hocknull, Craig Hoops, Brian Hopper, Michael Isakson, Blake Izuzquiza, Inigo Jertson, Marty Johnson, Rylan Johnston, Mike Kamin, Chris Kelly, Joe Kim, DK Kristo, Luke Lampson, Trevor Leicht, Greg Leow, James Lewis, Riley Lidstone, Rob Lindert, Kyle Lingris, Matthew Lorenz, Ben Marshall, Kristopher Matthewson, Erik Meyers, Jim Morin, Matt Mueller, Jesse Natarajan, Shankar Nilsen, Reece O'Donnell, Sean Ostrom, Hunter Padgett, Wells Paul, Jeremy Paul, Yannik Ramirez, Caleb Ramos, Tim Satterlee, Chris Schmitz, Michael Scodro, Max Stolpe, Patrick Tiziani, Mario VanCleave, Matt Vomacka, Dean Walicki, Adam Weston, Wes Wheeldon, Riley Wood, RJ Younan, Jake Yurkiewicz, Jeff

Aranda, Tony

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Arman, Nick

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Avant, Thomas

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Beljan, Charlie

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Blystone, Chris

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Braley, Matthew

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Brooks, Matt

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Bryant, Davis

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Cannon, Blake

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Card, Jay

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Carter, Jim

• 2021 Southwest PGA Senior Player of the Year

Cooper, Brian

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Deminsky, Derek

• 2021 Southern Chapter PGA Player of the Year
• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Dolan, Kim

• 2021 Southwest PGA Senior Champion

Dompier, Chris

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Downs, Dennis

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Edmiston, Jason

• 2021 Southern Nevada Chapter PGA Player of the Year

Elias, Rich

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Engram, David

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Favela, Armando

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Gaona, Richard

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Hack, Jhared

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Hantla, Chris

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Herrera, Michael

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Hill, Calum

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Hocknull, Craig

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Hoops, Brian

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2021 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Hopper, Michael

• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2021 Southwest PGA Assistant Champion
• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Isakson, Blake

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Izuzquiza, Inigo

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Jertson, Marty

• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Johnson, Rylan

• 2021 JGAA Player of the Year

Johnston, Mike

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Kamin, Chris

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2021 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Kelly, Joe

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Kim, DK

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Kristo, Luke

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Lampson, Trevor

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Leicht, Greg

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Leow, James

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open
• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Lewis, Riley

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Lidstone, Rob

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Lindert, Kyle

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Lingris, Matthew

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Lorenz, Ben

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Marshall, Kristopher

• 2021 Arizona Golf Association Amateur Champion

Matthewson, Erik

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Meyers, Jim

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties
• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Morin, Matt

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Mueller, Jesse

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open
• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2021 Southwest PGA Player of the Year
• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Natarajan, Shankar

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2021 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Nilsen, Reece

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

O'Donnell, Sean

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2021 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Ostrom, Hunter

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Padgett, Wells

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Paul, Jeremy

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Paul, Yannik

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Ramirez, Caleb

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Ramos, Tim

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Satterlee, Chris

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Schmitz, Michael

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Scodro, Max

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Stolpe, Patrick

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Tiziani, Mario

• 2022 Arizona Senior Open Champion

VanCleave, Matt

• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Vomacka, Dean

• Winner of 2021 Southern Chapter PGA Championship

Walicki, Adam

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2021 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Weston, Wes

• Winner of 2021 Southern Nevada Chapter PGA Championship

Wheeldon, Riley

• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Wood, RJ

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Younan, Jake

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2021 Arizona Open

Yurkiewicz, Jeff

• 2021 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Tournament information for the 79th Arizona Open Championship can be found here.

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Arizona Open Exemption Requests

All individuals who desire an exemption into the 2022 Arizona Open Championship MUST do the following:

• Register for one of the five (5) Arizona Open Qualifiers by the deadline July 2, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. local time.
• Compose a letter addresses to Southwest PGA, Attn: Arizona Open Exemptions, 10607 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., Suite J103, Scottsdale, AZ 85259 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.
• Exemption requests must be received by June 30, 2022 at 5:00 PM Arizona time.

The Southwest PGA is responsible for the approval of the exemptions and will evaluate all submissions through the deadline of June 30th at 5:00 PM Arizona time. Any requests submitted after this deadline will NOT be considered for any reason. The Southwest PGA will award exemptions prior to the first Arizona Open qualifier deadline on July 2, 2022, and all individuals who submitted requests will be notified.