2019 Arizona Open

Exempt Players

The following players are exempt for the 76th 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 Affrunti, Joe Avant, Greg Beljan, Charlie Brooks, Matt Byrum, Curt Calabro, Leo Cardwell, Philip Cecere, Anthony Chanen, Jake Comeaux, Billy Cooper, Brian Critchfield, Kendall Deminsky, Derek Dompier, Chris Downs, Dennis Estevez, Colton Evans, Brandon Fletcher, Austin Frisch, Scott Frye, Michael Gaugert, Alex Hantla, Chris Healey, Dylan Helseth, Troy Hill, Calum Hocknull, Craig Hoops, Brian Hopper, Michael Jertson, Marty Kalinowski, Robert Kelley, Brandan Kim, DK Leibfried, Mark Lidstone, Rob Lines, Milo Longmire, David Marquez, Braxton Martinez, Joey McCardle, Eric McClung, Matt McCullough, Drew Morgan, Jon Mueller, Jesse O'Donnell, Sean Olkowski, Trevor Ostrom, Hunter Otte, Preston Padgett, Wells Paisley, Andrew Pancratz, Bobby Ramos, Aaron Record, Matt Samiere, PJ Satterlee, Chris Schafer, Joel Scodro, Max Shelburne, Derek Smith, Brandon Sohn, Jino Thompson, Daniel Triplett, Kirk Triplett, Sam Trittler, Paul VanCleave, Matt Walicki, Adam West, Ralph Wilcox, Chad Wood, RJ Workman, Glenn Younan, Jake Yurkiewicz, Jeff

Affrunti, Joe

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Avant, Greg

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Beljan, Charlie

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Brooks, Matt

• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Byrum, Curt

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Calabro, Leo

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Cardwell, Philip

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open
• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Cecere, Anthony

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Chanen, Jake

• Winner of the 2018 Arizona Golf Association Amateur Championship
• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2018 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Comeaux, Billy

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Cooper, Brian

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Critchfield, Kendall

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Deminsky, Derek

• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Dompier, Chris

• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties
• Winner of the 2018 Southern Chapter PGA Championship

Downs, Dennis

• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA PPC Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Estevez, Colton

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Evans, Brandon

• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years

Fletcher, Austin

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Frisch, Scott

• Winner of the 2018 Southwest PGA Senior Championship

Frye, Michael

• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Gaugert, Alex

• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Hantla, Chris

• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Healey, Dylan

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open
• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Helseth, Troy

• Winner of the 2018 Southern Nevada Chapter PGA Championship
• 2018 Southern Nevada Chapter PGA Player of the Year

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
• Southwest PGA PPC Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Hoops, Brian

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open
• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2018 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Hopper, Michael

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open
• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA PPC Champion - Past 5 Years
• Winner of the 2018 Southwest PGA Assistant Championship
• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Jertson, Marty

• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Kalinowski, Robert

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Kelley, Brandan

• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Kim, DK

• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years

Leibfried, Mark

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open
• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Lidstone, Rob

• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Lines, Milo

• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Longmire, David

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Marquez, Braxton

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Martinez, Joey

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

McCardle, Eric

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

McClung, Matt

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

McCullough, Drew

• 2019 Arizona Open Championship Site Exexmption

Morgan, Jon

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Mueller, Jesse

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open
• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

O'Donnell, Sean

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2018 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Olkowski, Trevor

• Winner of 18/19 Saguaro Series

Ostrom, Hunter

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Otte, Preston

• 2018 Southern Chapter PGA Player of the Year

Padgett, Wells

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Paisley, Andrew

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Pancratz, Bobby

• Southwest PGA PPC Champion - Past 5 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Ramos, Aaron

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Record, Matt

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Samiere, PJ

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Satterlee, Chris

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Schafer, Joel

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Scodro, Max

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Shelburne, Derek

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open
• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Smith, Brandon

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Sohn, Jino

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Thompson, Daniel

• 2018 JGAA Player of the Year

Triplett, Kirk

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Triplett, Sam

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Trittler, Paul

• Southwest PGA PPC Champion - Past 5 Years

VanCleave, Matt

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open
• 2018 Southwest PGA Player of the Year
• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Walicki, Adam

• 2017 AGA Points List - Top 5 & Ties

West, Ralph

• 2018 Southwest PGA Senior Player of the Year

Wilcox, Chad

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2018 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Wood, RJ

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Workman, Glenn

• 2019 Arizona Open Championship Site Exexmption

Younan, Jake

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open

Yurkiewicz, Jeff

• Top 25 & Ties from 2018 Arizona Open
• 2018 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Exempt players for the 76th Arizona Open Championship can Register Here.

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Arizona Open Exemption Requests

All individuals who desire an exemption into the 2019 Arizona Open Championship MUST do the following:

• Register for one of the five (5) Arizona Open Qualifiers by the deadline July 1, 2019 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 deadline to submit an exemption request is Friday, June 21, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. (MST).

The Southwest PGA is responsible for the approval of the exemptions and will evaluate all submissions through June 21st. 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 1, 2019, and all individuals who submitted requests will be notified.