Players in the following categories will be eligible for exemption provided they meet all entry and eligibility requirements. Note: Any player that earns an entry exemption through a Senior Open Division category may only apply that entry exemption to the Senior Open Division. Loss of Exemptions - If a player turns professional, she loses any exemption(s) she previously earned as an amateur player with the FSGA.
Professionals
Open Division
Top 300 and tied from the current Symetra Tour Priority Status list
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Top 25 and tied from the current NWGA Money Leaders list
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Top 5 and tied from last year's PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship
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Any player making the cut in last year's LPGA T&CP National Championship
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Any player participating in last year's U.S. Women's Open Championship
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Active Legends Tour members at time of entry
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Senior Open Division
*Must be 50 years of age as of August 11th
Active Legends Tour members at time of entry
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Any player making the cut in the LPGA T&CP National Championship
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Any player participating in last year's U.S. Women's Open Championship
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Amateurs
Open Division
Last year and Current year's Women's Amateur Champion
| 2016 | Emma Albrecht |
| 2017 | Shannon Aubert |
Last year's Women's Amateur Stroke Play Champion
| Kaeli Jones |
Current year's Women's Mid-Amateur Champion
| Meghan Stasi |
Last year's Girls' Junior Champion (16-18 Division)
| Alyssa Lamoureux |
Last year's Women's Player of the Year
| Meghan Stasi |
Last year's Girls' Junior Player of the Year
| Alyssa Lamoureux |
| Alexa Pano |
Top 25 and tied from last year's final Women's Player of the Year points list
| 1 |
Meghan Stasi |
| 2 |
Tara Joy-Connelly |
| 3 |
Kaeli Jones |
| 4 |
Emma Albrecht |
| 5 |
Alyssa Lamoureux |
| 6 |
Sophie Liu |
| 7 |
Charlotte Daughan |
| 8 |
Ashley Holder |
| 9 |
Alexa Pano |
| 10 |
Sierra Brooks |
| 11 |
Nicolette Donovan |
| 12 |
Anastasia Carter |
| 13 |
August Kim |
| T14 |
Nicole Autrique |
| T14 |
Jenny Kim |
| 16 |
Emma Bradley |
| 17 |
Kendall Griffin |
| 18 |
Kimberly Benedict |
| 19 |
Katie Holt |
| 20 |
Gigi Higgins |
| 21 |
Ayaka Nakayama |
| T22 |
Hannah Leiner |
| T22 |
Latanna Stone |
| 24 |
Samantha Haubenstock |
| 25 |
Taylor Roberts |
Top 20 and tied from last year's final Girls' Junior Player of the Year points list
| 1 | Alexa Pano |
| 2 | Alyssa Lamoureux |
| 3 | Kendall Griffin |
| 4 | Jenny Kim |
| 5 | Siyan Chen |
| 6 | Sophie Liu |
| 7 | Katie Yoo |
| 8 | Morgan Baxendale |
| 9 | Emma Bradley |
| 10 | Taylor Roberts |
| 11 | Annie Kim |
| 12 | Juliana Camargo |
| 13 | Mimi Chen |
| 14 | Hannah Leiner |
| 15 | Yurika Tanida |
| 16 | Ariel Yu |
| 17 | Casey Weidenfeld |
| 18 | Macy Somoskey |
| 19 | Claire Albrecht |
| 20 | Sarah Noonan |
Top 500 and tied of the Women's World Amateur Golf Rankings as of the entry open date
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Any player participating in last year's U.S. Women's Open Championship
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Any player participating in last year's U.S. Women's Amateur Championship
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Senior Open Division
*Must be 50 years of age as of August 11th
Current year's Women's Senior Amateur Champion (Championship Division)
| Sarah Phillips-Durst |
Last year's Women's Senior Amateur Match Play Champion (Championship Division)
| Mary Jane Hiestand |
Last year's Women's Senior Player of the Year
| Gigi Higgins |
Top 15 and tied from last year's final Women's Senior Player of the Year points list
| 1 | Gigi Higgins |
| 2 | Lisa Schlesinger |
| 3 | Mary Jane Hiestand |
| 4 | Lin Culver |
| 5 | Therese Quinn |
| 6 | Tama Caldabaugh |
| 7 | Ivy Steinberg |
| 8 | Taffy Brower |
| 9 | Diane Lang |
| 10 | JoAnn Ferrieri |
| 11 | Sydney Wells |
| 12 | Lorie McCabe |
| 13 | Alison Reifers |
| 14 | Laura Carson |
| 15 | Sarah Phillips-Durst |
Any player participating in last year's U.S. Women's Open Championship
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Any player participating in last year's U.S. Women's Amateur Championship
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