2021 Arizona Open

Exempt Players

The following players are exempt for the 78th 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 Bauman, Brandon Beljan, Charlie Block, Michael Breen, Bill Brooks, Matt Candelaria III, Abe Cannon, Blake Carter, Jim Chanen, Jake Cooper, Brian Deminsky, Derek Dodd, Jr., William Dompier, Chris Downs, Dennis Engram, David Epson, Hunter Favela, Armando Fletcher, Spencer Frye, Michael Gonda, Travis Hantla, Chris Helseth, Troy Hill, Calum Hocknull, Craig Holmes, Mitchell Hoops, Brian Hopper, Michael Jertson, Marty Johnson, Aaron Johnson, Neil Johnston, Mike Kamin, Chris Kelly, Joe Kim, DK Leibfried, Mark Lidstone, Rob Lyons, Max Marquez, Braxton Meyer, Branden Meyers, Jim Mueller, Jesse Nilsen, Reece O'Donnell, Sean Olkowski, Canon Ostrom, Hunter Padgett, Wells Paquet, Brett Paul, Jeremy Paul, Yannik Ramirez, Caleb Ramos, Tim Roberts, Carson Satterlee, Chris Scodro, Max Shelburne, Derek Smith, Brandon Smith, Zach Sohn, Jino Souza, Kyle Stolpe, Patrick Tombs, Ryan Triplett, Sam VanCleave, Matt Vilkauskas, Damon Wilks, Josh Williams, Ryan Wood, RJ Wooldridge, Tyler Younan, Jake

Avant, Greg

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Bauman, Brandon

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Beljan, Charlie

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Block, Michael

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Breen, Bill

• 2021 Arizona Senior Open Champion

Brooks, Matt

• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Candelaria III, Abe

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2020 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Cannon, Blake

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Carter, Jim

• 2020 Southwest PGA Senior Player of the Year
• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Chanen, Jake

• 2020 Arizona Golf Association Amateur Champion

Cooper, Brian

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Deminsky, Derek

• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Dodd, Jr., William

• 2020 Southwest PGA Senior Champion

Dompier, Chris

• 2020 Southern Chapter PGA Champion
• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Downs, Dennis

• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Engram, David

• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Epson, Hunter

• 2020 Saguaro Amateur Series Champion

Favela, Armando

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Fletcher, Spencer

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Frye, Michael

• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Gonda, Travis

• 2020 Southern Chapter PGA Player of the Year

Hantla, Chris

• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Helseth, Troy

• 2020 Southern Nevada Chapter PGA Champion
2020 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
• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Holmes, Mitchell

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2020 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Hoops, Brian

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2020 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Hopper, Michael

• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2020 Southwest PGA Assistant Champion
• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Jertson, Marty

• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Johnson, Aaron

• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Johnson, Neil

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Johnston, Mike

• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Kamin, Chris

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2020 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Kelly, Joe

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Kim, DK

• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Leibfried, Mark

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open
• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Lidstone, Rob

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Lyons, Max

• 2020 JGAA Player of the Year

Marquez, Braxton

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Meyer, Branden

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Meyers, Jim

• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties
• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Mueller, Jesse

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open
• Southwest PGA Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2020 Southwest PGA Player of the Year
• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Nilsen, Reece

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

O'Donnell, Sean

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2020 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Olkowski, Canon

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Ostrom, Hunter

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Padgett, Wells

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Paquet, Brett

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Paul, Jeremy

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Paul, Yannik

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Ramirez, Caleb

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Ramos, Tim

• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Roberts, Carson

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Satterlee, Chris

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Scodro, Max

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Shelburne, Derek

• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Smith, Brandon

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Smith, Zach

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Sohn, Jino

• Southwestern Amateur Champion - Past 5 Years

Souza, Kyle

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Stolpe, Patrick

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Tombs, Ryan

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Triplett, Sam

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

VanCleave, Matt

• Southwest PGA Match Play Champion - Past 5 Years
• 2020 Southwest PGA Points List - Top 20 & Ties

Vilkauskas, Damon

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Wilks, Josh

• Qualifying Site Host Professional

Williams, Ryan

• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Wood, RJ

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years

Wooldridge, Tyler

• Top 5 & Ties from the Final 2020 Arizona Golf Association Points List

Younan, Jake

• Arizona Open Champion - Past 10 Years
• Top 25 & Ties from 2020 Arizona Open

Exempt players for the 78th Arizona Open Championship can Register Here.

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Arizona Open Exemption Requests

All individuals who desire an exemption into the 2021 Arizona Open Championship MUST do the following:

• Register for one of the five (5) Arizona Open Qualifiers by the deadline July 8, 2021 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 8th. 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 12, 2021, and all individuals who submitted requests will be notified.