Players in the following categories will be eligible for exemption provided they meet all entry and eligibility requirements:
NOTE: Blank entries will be filed by the FSGA for players who become exempt after the close of entries.
Professionals
Last five year's Florida Open Champions
| 2018 | N/A - Amateur Winner |
| 2017 | J C Deacon |
| 2016 |
Caleb Johnson |
| 2015 | N/A - Amateur Winner |
| 2014 | Caleb Johnson |
Professional finishing top ten and tied of last year's Florida Open Championship
|
T3 |
Matt Cote |
|
T3 |
Mickey DeMorat |
| T5 |
Will Wiseman |
|
T5 |
Joe Stepnes |
|
T10 |
Travis Houston |
|
T10 |
Justin Bertsch |
|
T10 |
David Hronek |
|
T10 |
Conor Richardson |
Championship Host Clubs' Representatives (may be an amateur)
|
Bob Campione (a) |
| Blake Marshall (a) |
Players qualifying for the current year's U.S. Open Championship
|
Andy Pope |
| Luis Gagne (a) |
Current year's SFPGA Open Champion
|
Justin Ahasic |
Current year's Fort Lauderdale Open Champion
(Regular Division)
|
Justin Bertsch |
Players qualifying for or exempt into the current year's PNC Championship.
| AL-NWFLPGA | NFPGA | SFPGA |
|
Todd McCorkle |
David Hronek |
Andrew Filbert |
| Steven Driggers | Roman O'Rourke | Michael Valicenti |
| Eric Williamson | Matt Borchert | Kyle Sanders |
| Dylan Malafronte | Justin McCarraher | |
| David Damesworth | Adam Scrimenti | |
| Gregory McClimans | Alan Morin | |
| Kevin Crawford | Nick Marcoaldi | |
| Rod Perry | Brett McCurdy | |
| Ron Philo | Dan Heaslip | |
| Zack Veraecke | Adam Miller | |
| Jordan Burke |
Last year's top ten and tied AL-NWFLPGA, NFPGA and SFPGA Section Championship finishers
| AL-NWFLPGA | NFPGA | SFPGA |
|
Todd McCorkle |
Rod Perry |
Kyle Sanders |
| Steven Driggers |
Clint Avret |
Justin McCarraher |
| Eric Williamson |
Matt Borchert |
Justin Bertsch |
| Mike Genovese |
David Hronek |
Andrew Filbert |
| Steve Cutler |
Donny Lee |
Alan Morin |
| Ned Martin |
Christian Bartolacci |
Nick Marcoaldi |
| Benjamin Bates |
Jason Hrynkiw | Dan Heaslip |
| Blanton Tessin |
Ron Philo | Adam Scrimenti |
| Matt Sheppard |
Jonathan Mansfield | Michael Valicenti |
| David Pilkington |
Greg Koch | |
| Andrew Peyton | Spencer Smith |
|
Last year's AL-NWFL PGA, NFPGA and SFPGA Section Senior (Regular Division) Champion
| AL-NWFLPGA | NFPGA | SFPGA |
|
Todd McCorkle |
Michael West |
Dan Heaslip |
Last year's AL-NWFL PGA, NFPGA and SFPGA Section Chapter Champions
| AL-NWFLPGA | NFPGA | SFPGA |
|
David Pilkington - Gulf Coast |
Ron Philo - Northern |
Alan Morin - Southeast |
|
Dylan Malafronte - East Central |
Nick Pincket - Southern |
|
|
|
David Hronek - Southwest |
David Guy - Southwest |
|
|
Gary Koch - West Central |
|
Last year's top five and tied AL-NWFL PGA, NFPGA and SFPGA Section Assistant Championship finishers
|
AL-NWFLPGA |
NFPGA |
SFPGA |
|
Jacob Greer |
John Somers |
Alan Morin |
| Andrew Peyton |
Colin Van Es | Peter Mogg |
| Todd McCorkle | Joseph Stepnes |
Michael Welch |
| Todd Bailey |
Spencer Smith | Kenneth Leech |
| Jack Lyerly |
Dalton Gore |
Andrew Filbert |
| Ron Stromeyer | Joe Ferreria | Justin McCarraher |
| Emily Motta | Sean McGinness |
Previous year's AL-NWFLPGA Section Match Play Championship Finalists
|
Jacob Greer |
| Jeff Jordan |
Previous year's NFPGA Section Match Play Championship Finalists
|
Rod Perry |
| Keith Kulzer |
Current & Previous year's Florida Senior Open Champion (only 2019 due to Senior Open Date Change)
| David Morland |
| Gene Fieger |
Last year's top five and tied on the final AL-NWFL PGA, NFPGA and SFPGA Section Player of the Year Points List
| AL-NWFLPGA |
NFPGA | SFPGA |
| Todd McCorkle | Rod Perry | Andrew Filbert |
| Blanton Tessin | Matt Borchert | Justin Bertsch |
| Jeff Jordan | David Hronek | Gene Fieger |
| David Pilkington | Dylan Malafronte | Mark Mielke |
| Neil Thompson | Ron Philo | Alan Morin |
Last year's AL-NWFLPGA, NFPGA and SFPGA Section Senior Player of the Year (Regular Division)
| AL-NWFLPGA | NFPGA | SFPGA |
| Mike Genovese | Bradley Rollinson | Gene Fieger |
Amateurs
Last five year's Florida Open Champions
| 2018 | Gabriel Lench |
| 2017 | N/A |
|
2016 |
N/A |
|
2015 |
John Jonas |
|
2014 |
N/A |
Amateurs finishing top ten and tied of last year's Florida Open Championship
|
1 |
Gabriel Lench |
|
2 |
Joe Alfieri |
| T5 | Devon Hopkins |
| T5 | Mike Finster |
| T5 | Alexander Vogelsong |
| T10 | Jacob Huizinga |
Current and last two year's Amateur Champions
| 2019 | Ben Reichert |
| 2018 | Gabriel Lench |
| 2017 | Cristian DiMarco |
Florida Residents qualifying for the current year's U.S. Open Championship
|
No Amateur FL Residents |
Top 200 and tied from last year's final World Amateur Golf Rankings
Click here for the Final World Amateur Golf Ranking of 2018
Last year's top five and tied Amateur Champion finishers
|
1 |
Gabriel Lench |
|
2 |
Marc Dull |
|
3 |
Ben Reichert |
|
T4 |
David Morgan |
| T4 | Joe Alfieri |
Last year's top five and tied on the final FSGA Player of the Year Points List
|
1 |
Marc Dull |
|
2 |
Gabriel Lench |
|
3 |
Joe Alfieri |
|
4 |
Garrett Barber |
|
5 |
Chip Brooke |
Last year's Junior Amateur Player of the Year
|
Tyler Wilkes |
Last year's Senior Amateur Player of the Year
|
Pete Williams |
Last year's Mid-Amateur Player of the Year
| Marc Dull |
Last year's Florida Senior Open Champion
|
N/A |
Last year's Boys' Junior Champion (16-18 Age Division)
|
Tyler Wilkes |
Last year's Amateur Match Play Champion
|
Nicholas Gabrelcik |
Last year's Mid-Amateur Stroke Play Champion
|
Scott Turner |
Current year's Mid-Amateur Champion
|
TJ Shuart |
