2018 Arizona Open

Exempt Players

The following players are exempt for the 75th 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 Andersen, Mason Avant, Greg Bauer, Patrick Beaupre, Randy Black, Ronnie Booth, Grant Brooks, Matt Byrum, Curt Byrum, Jake Calabro, Leo Cannon, John Cardwell, Philip Cesarek, Grant Chiarella, Alex Cooper, Brian Critchfield, Kendall Delany, Jim Deminsky, Derek Dompier, Chris Downs, Dennis Engram, David Evans, Brandon Ferris, Mike Frisch, Scott Gonzalez, Greg Hamamoto, JT Hantla, Chris Hathcoat, Blake Healey, Dylan Helseth, Troy Hemelstrand, Luke Hill, Calum Hocknull, Craig Hopper, Michael Houge, Ryan Jertson, Marty Jones, Kyle Karle, Austyn Kim, DK Lampson, Trevor Leibfried, Mark Magee, Jason Marquez, Braxton Matthewson, Erik McCarty, Matthew McClung, Matt Meyers, Jim Miertschin, Devin Mueller, Jesse Otte, Preston Paisley, Andrew Pancratz, Bobby Price, John Rafferty, Tim Record, Matt Samiere, PJ Sanders, Trent Satterlee, Chris Scodro, Max Shelburne, Derek Sohn, Jino Staggs, Blaine Tanigawa, Ken Thompson, Daniel Trittler, Paul VanCleave, Matt Wadkins, Tucker Walicki, Adam Wallace, Garrett Weir, Ben Wendelken, Jeremy Williamson, Jay Wittig, Randy Wood, RJ Yurkiewicz, Jeff

Affrunti, Joe

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Andersen, Mason

• 2017 AGA Points List - Top 5 & Ties

Avant, Greg

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Bauer, Patrick

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Beaupre, Randy

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Black, Ronnie

• 2017 Southern Chapter PGA Champion

Booth, Grant

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Brooks, Matt

• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Byrum, Curt

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Byrum, Jake

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Calabro, Leo

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Cannon, John

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open
• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Cardwell, Philip

• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Cesarek, Grant

• 2017 AGA Points List - Top 5 & Ties

Chiarella, Alex

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Cooper, Brian

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Critchfield, Kendall

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Delany, Jim

• 2017 Southern Nevada Chapter PGA Champion

Deminsky, Derek

• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Dompier, Chris

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open
• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties
• 2017 Southern Chapter PGA Player of the Year

Downs, Dennis

• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA PPC Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Engram, David

• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Evans, Brandon

• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years

Ferris, Mike

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Frisch, Scott

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Gonzalez, Greg

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Hamamoto, JT

• 2017 Southwest PGA Assistant Champion
• Top 25 & Ties from 2016 Arizona Open

Hantla, Chris

• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Hathcoat, Blake

• 2017/18 Saguaro Amateur Series Winner

Healey, Dylan

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Helseth, Troy

• 2017 Southern Nevada Chapter PGA Player of the Year

Hemelstrand, Luke

• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Hill, Calum

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

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
• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open
• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Hopper, Michael

• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties
• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Houge, Ryan

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Jertson, Marty

• 2017 Southwest PGA Player of the Year
• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Jones, Kyle

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Karle, Austyn

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Kim, DK

• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years

Lampson, Trevor

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Leibfried, Mark

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open
• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Magee, Jason

• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Marquez, Braxton

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Matthewson, Erik

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

McCarty, Matthew

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

McClung, Matt

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Meyers, Jim

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Miertschin, Devin

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Mueller, Jesse

• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties
• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Otte, Preston

• 2017 Southern Chapter PGA Player of the Year
• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Paisley, Andrew

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Pancratz, Bobby

• Southwest PGA PPC Champion - Past 5 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Price, John

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Rafferty, Tim

• Arizona Open Host Professional

Record, Matt

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Samiere, PJ

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Sanders, Trent

• Top 25 & Ties from 2016 Arizona Open

Satterlee, Chris

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Scodro, Max

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Shelburne, Derek

• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Sohn, Jino

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Staggs, Blaine

• 2017 AGA Points List - Top 5 & Ties

Tanigawa, Ken

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open
• 2017 AGA Points List - Top 5 & Ties
• 2017 AGA Amateur Champion

Thompson, Daniel

• 2017 JGAA Player of the Year

Trittler, Paul

• Southwest PGA Senior Champion
• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA PPC Champion - Past 5 Years

VanCleave, Matt

• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Wadkins, Tucker

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Walicki, Adam

• 2017 AGA Points List - Top 5 & Ties

Wallace, Garrett

• Arizona Open Host Professional

Weir, Ben

• Southwest PGA PPC Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Wendelken, Jeremy

• Top 25 & Ties from 2017 Arizona Open

Williamson, Jay

• 2018 Arizona Senior Open Champion

Wittig, Randy

• 2017 Southwest PGA Senior Player of the Year

Wood, RJ

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Yurkiewicz, Jeff

• 2017 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Exempt players for the 75th Arizona Open Championship can Register Here.

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Arizona Open Exemption Requests

All individuals who desire an exemption into the 2018 Arizona Open Championship MUST do the following:

• Register for one of the five (5) Arizona Open Qualifiers by the deadline July 2, 2018 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 9th, and all individuals who submitted requests will be notified.