2023 Arizona Open

Exempt Players

The following players are exempt for the 80th 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 Anderson, Cade Anderson, Mason Aurilia, Gavin Avant, Tommi Baldwin, Mark Beljan, Charlie Booth, Grant Brooks, Matt Bryant, Davis Candelaria, Abe Carter, Jim Clark, Johnnie Cohen, Gavin Cooper, Brian Dahlquist, Alec Deminsky, Derek Dompier, Chris Downs, Dennis Elias, Rich Galletti, Nicolo Gunn, Jimmy Hack, Jhared Herrera, Michael Hill, Calum Hocknull, Craig Hopper, Michael Isakson, Blake Jelley, Brendon Jertson, Marty Johnston, Mike Kamin, Chris Kartrude, Michael Kim, DK Knight, Evan Leow, James Lindert, Kyle Lingel, Brent Lorenz, Ben Markham, George Matthewson, Erik Maze, Kyle McCarthy, Patrick Meyers, Jim Mueller, Jesse Natarajan, Shankar Neuheisel, Joe O'Donnell, Sean Ostrom, Hunter Padgett, Wells Paisley, Andrew Paul, Yannik Ramos, Tim Roberts, Carson Sanchez, Marty Satterlee, Chris Schwarz, Maz Trittler, Paul Turner, Mark VanCleave, Matt Vanderveer, Dylan Walicki, Adam Warren, Justin Wheeldon, Riley Wood, Hayden Wood, RJ Younan, Jake Yurkiewicz, Jeff

Anderson, Cade

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Anderson, Mason

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Aurilia, Gavin

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Avant, Tommi

• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2022 Southwest PGA Assistant Player of the Year

Baldwin, Mark

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Beljan, Charlie

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Booth, Grant

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Brooks, Matt

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Bryant, Davis

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Candelaria, Abe

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

Carter, Jim

• 2022 Southwest PGA Senior Player of the Year

Clark, Johnnie

• 2022 Junior Golf Association of Arizona Player of the Year

Cohen, Gavin

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Cooper, Brian

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Dahlquist, Alec

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Deminsky, Derek

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Dompier, Chris

• 2022 Southern Chapter Player of the Year
• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Downs, Dennis

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Elias, Rich

• Winner of 2022 Southern Chapter PGA Championship
• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Galletti, Nicolo

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Gunn, Jimmy

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Hack, Jhared

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Herrera, Michael

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 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
• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Hopper, Michael

• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Isakson, Blake

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Jelley, Brendon

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Jertson, Marty

• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Johnston, Mike

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Kamin, Chris

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2022 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Kartrude, Michael

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Kim, DK

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Knight, Evan

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Leow, James

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Lindert, Kyle

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Lingel, Brent

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Lorenz, Ben

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Markham, George

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Matthewson, Erik

• Winner of the 2022 Southern Nevada Chapter PGA Championship
• 2022 Southern Nevada Chapter PGA Player of the Year
• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Maze, Kyle

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

McCarthy, Patrick

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Meyers, Jim

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Mueller, Jesse

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open
• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2022 Southwest PGA Player of the Year
• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Natarajan, Shankar

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2022 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Neuheisel, Joe

• Winner of the 2022 Arizona Golf Association Amateur Championship

O'Donnell, Sean

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2022 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Ostrom, Hunter

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Padgett, Wells

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Paisley, Andrew

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Paul, Yannik

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Ramos, Tim

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Roberts, Carson

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Sanchez, Marty

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Satterlee, Chris

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Schwarz, Maz

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Trittler, Paul

• Winner of the 2022 Southwest PGA Sennior Championship

Turner, Mark

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

VanCleave, Matt

• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years

Vanderveer, Dylan

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Walicki, Adam

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2022 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Warren, Justin

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Wheeldon, Riley

• Winner of the 2022 Southwest PGA Assistant Championship

Wood, Hayden

• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Wood, RJ

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Younan, Jake

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2022 Arizona Open

Yurkiewicz, Jeff

• 2022 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Tournament information for the 80th Arizona Open Championship can be found here.

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Arizona Open Exemption Requests

All individuals who desire an exemption into the 2023 Arizona Open Championship MUST do the following:

• Register for one of the six (6) Arizona Open Qualifiers by the deadline Sunday, July 2 at 11:59 PM Arizona 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 Friday, June 30 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 Friday, June 30 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, 2023, and all individuals who submitted requests will be notified.