The following individuals are exempt for the 2026 Ouimet Memorial Tournament.
Although exempt according to the conditions and regulations of the event, these players are only eligible to compete in Championship Proper if they submit the stipulated entry form and fee prior to the entry close date.
Category #1
Past Ouimet Memorial Champions (regardless of state/club affiliation)
Category #2
Top fifteen (15) scorers and ties from the 2025 Ouimet Memorial Tournament
Matt Parziale
Ben Spitz
Sascha Robinson
Christian Emmerich
Zachary Colon
Raymond Dennehy
Carson Erick
Ben Balter
Aidan Emmerich
Mike Calef
Ricky Stimets
CJ Winchenbaugh
Arthur Zelmati
Jake Ratti
Patrick Kilcoyne
Category #3
2024 & 2025 Individual Champions, if eligible
2024 Mass Golf Champions
Open – Low (Mass Golf) Amateur – James Imai
Amateur – Matthew Naumec
Junior Amateur – Josiah Hakala
Amateur Public Links – Joseph Lenane
Mid-Amateur – Jake Ratti
2025 Mass Golf Champions
Open – Low (Mass Golf) Amateur – Jake Ratti
Amateur – Ryan Downes
Junior Amateur – Thomas Constantine
Amateur Public Links – Sean Fitzpatrick
Mid-Amateur – Nick Maccario
Category #4
2026 Individual Champions, if eligible
Open – Low (Mass Golf) Amateur – TBD
Amateur – TBD
Category #5
2025 Amateur Round of 16
Bradford Valois
Patrick Kilcoyne
John Broderick
Trevor Drew
Reese Jensen
Raymond Dennehy
Joseph Lenane
Max McColgan
Billy Walthouse
Alan Rose
Aidan Emmerich
Jake Mrva
Ryan Downes
Jake Ratti
Zach Pelzar
Ben Spitz
Category #6
2026 Amateur Quarterfinalist
TBD
Category #7
Top five (5) scorers and ties from the 2025 Mid-Amateur Championship
Nick Maccario
Ben Balter
Ryan Brown
Jared Winiarz
Matt Parziale
Category #8
Top five (5) scorers and ties from the 2025 Amateur Public Links Championship
Sean Fitzpatrick
Mark Waskiewicz
Dean Godek
Bill Drohen
Bryan Adkison
Michael Dinoia
Category #9
2025 Junior Amateur Round of 16
Max McColgan
Christopher Morrow
Michael McGrath
Kyle Harsh
Thomas Constantine
Patrick Friel
Cael Duggan
Colin Gleason
Maxx Zides
Tyson Laviano
Aarav Lavu
Trey Hanson
Peter Le Gassick
Gray West
Michael McCormack
James Crispi
Category #10
Top five (5) Mass Golf scorers and ties from the 2025 New England Amateur Championship
Matt Parziale
Drew Golden
CJ Winchenbaugh
Zach Pelzar
Will Spring
Alan Rose
Category #11
2025 U.S. Open Local/Sectional, U.S. Am, Mid-Am & Junior Am Qualifiers (Mass Golf Competitors Only)
(must have had an active Mass Golf Membership in 2025)
Cooper Griffin
Christian Emmerich
Kevin Blaser
Matt Parziale
CJ Winchenbaugh
Jake Bauer
Ryan Downes
Mike Calef
Arthur Zelmati
Jake Ratti
Damon Lusk
Ben Spitz
Sam Russell
Conor O’Brien
James Pleat
John Lazor
Maxwell Campion
Jack Carew
AJ Bodnar
Lukas Schleyer
Category #12
Top ten (10) finishers and ties from the 2025 Richard D. Haskell Player of the Year standings, if eligible. Additional exemptions may be awarded based on the 2025 Richard D. Haskell Player of the Year standings (in order) to fill the field, as needed.
Matt Parziale
Ryan Downes
Aidan Emmerich
Jake Ratti
Ben Balter
Nick Maccario
Ben Spitz
Patrick Kilcoyne
Josiah Hakala
Christian Emmerich
Category #13
Top five (5) and ties, not yet exempt from the 2026 Richard D. Haskell Player of the Year standings as of July 1, 2026.
TBD
Category #14
Top five (5) finishers and ties from the 2025 Christopher Cutler Rich Junior Player of the Year Standings
Thomas Constantine
Max McColgan
Christopher Morrow
Josiah Hakala
Jack Carew
Category #15
The individual champion from the 2025 MIAA Division 1, 2 & 3 State Championships, if eligible
Division 1 – Christopher Morrow
Division 2 – Sam Pieczynski
Division 3 – Aidan Connell
Category #16
The Low Mass Golf competitor from the 2025 EIL Championship and 2026 ISL Kingman Bowl, if eligible
2025 EIL Champion – Eli Hamelsky
2026 ISL Kingman Bowl –
Category #17
2026 Hornblower Memorial Champion, if eligible
TBD
Category #18(a)
Top three (3) Mass Golf affiliated finishers in the 2026 U.S. Challenge Cup (Boy’s 14-18 Division) – World Series of Junior Golf.
TBD
Category #18(b)
Top Mass Golf affiliated competitor, not yet exempt from the 2026 U.S. Challenge Cup Boy’s Player of the Year standings as of the conclusion of the World Series of Junior Golf. Any ties will be broken and determined by the U.S. Challenge Cup staff.
TBD
Category #19
2026 Team Massachusetts – Boys
Jack Carew
Thomas Constantine
Zachary Georgantas
Colin Gleason
Aarav Lavu
Michael McCormack
Christopher Morrow
Maxx Zides
Category #20
Host Club Exemption (3.6 H.I.® or less) – 1 per host site (Championship Division)
Foxborough CC –
Woodland GC –
Category #21
Past Ouimet Memorial Tournament Lowery Division Champions/Championship Division Champions (regardless of state/club affiliation)
Category #22
Top five (5) scorers and ties from the 2025 Ouimet Memorial Tournament (Lowery Division)
Brendan Hester
David Pierce
Steven Tasho
Keith Smith
Doug Clapp
Category #23
2024 & 2025 Individual Champions, if eligible
2024 Mass Golf Champions
Senior Amateur – Doug Clapp
Super Senior Amateur – Don Reycroft
2025 Mass Golf Champions
Senior Amateur – Brendan Hester
Super Senior Amateur – Steven Tasho
Category #24
Top ten (10) scorers and ties from the 2025 Senior Amateur Championship
Brendan Hester
Dean Godek
Steven Tasho
Jim Patterson
Michael Mertes
Keith Smith
Doug Clapp
Geoffrey Holt
Frank Depiano
Bud Schultz
Category #25
Top three (3) scorers and ties from the 2025 Super Senior Championship
Steven Tasho
Douglas Parigian
Keith Smith
Category #26
Top five (5) Mass Golf scorers and ties from the 2025 New England Senior Amateur Championship
Chris O’Neill
John McNeill
Don Reycroft
Brendan Hester
Brian Fitzgerald
Category #27
2025 U.S. Senior Open & Senior Am Qualifiers (Mass Golf Competitors Only)
(must have had an active Mass Golf Membership in 2025)
Doug Clapp
Brendan Hester
Michael Petrick
Keith Smith
Doug Clapp
Jim Patterson
Chris Congdon
Category #28
Top ten (10) finishers and ties from the 2025 George M. Cohen Senior Player of the Year standings, if eligible. Additional exemptions may be awarded based on the 2025 George M. Cohen Senior Player of the Year standings (in order) to fill the field, as needed.
Brendan Hester
Doug Clapp
Dean Godek
John McNeill
Keith Smith
Steven Tasho
Jim Patterson
John Hadges
Chris Congdon
Keith Stone
Category #29
The top five (5) finishers and ties in the 2025 Super Senior Player of the Year standings, if eligible. Additional exemptions may be awarded based on the 2025 Super Senior Player of the Year standings (in order) to fill the field, as needed.
Steven Tasho
Keith Smith
John Hadges
Douglas Parigian
Chris O’Neill
Category #30
Top three (3) and ties, not yet exempt from the 2026 George M. Cohen Senior Player of the Year standings as of July 1, 2026.
TBD
Category #31
2025 Senior Hornblower Champion, if eligible
John Hadges
Category #32
Host Club Exemption (8.0 H.I. or less) – 1 per host site (Lowery Division)
Foxborough CC –
Woodland GC –
Category #33
Past Ouimet Memorial Tournament Women’s Division Champions, if eligible (regardless of state/club affiliation)
Category #34
Women’s Amateur Champions of the last ten (10) years
2025 – Isabel Brozena
2024 – Morgan Smith
2023 – Rebecca Skoler
2022 – Morgan Smith
2021 – Catie Schernecker
2020 – Allison Paik
2019 – Angela Garvin
2018 – Shannon Johnson
2017 – Hannah Ghelfi
2016 – Jacquelyn Eleey
Category #35
Top five (5) scorers from the 2025 Ouimet Memorial Tournament Women’s Division
Morgan Smith
Maddie Smith
Isabel Brozena
Lillian Guleserian
Sophie Lim
Category #36
2024 & 2025 Individual Champions, if eligible
2024 Mass Golf Champions
Baker Trophy – Tara Connelly
Junior Amateur – Isabel Brozena
Senior Amateur – Pam Kuong
Grace Keyes Cup – Megan Buck
2025 Mass Golf Champions
Baker Trophy – Cindy Cao
Junior Amateur – Maddie Smith
Senior Amateur – Tara Connelly
Grace Keyes Cup – Megan Buck
Category #37
2025 Women’s Amateur Round of 16
Shannon Johnson
Lillian Guleserian
Rebecca Skoler
Alexis Florio
Molly Smith
Phoebe Brinker
Isabel Brozena
Kaitlyn Doe
Claire Richardson
Kylie Eaton
Katherine Ng
Maddie Smith
Julia Imai
Mekhala Costello
Amanda Adams
Jillian Johnson
Category #38
Top five (5) Mass Golf scorers and ties in the 2025 New England Women’s Amateur Championship
Maddie Smith
Lillian Guleserian
Mekhala Costello
MacKenzie Whitney
Kylie Eaton
Category #39
Low Mass Golfer in the 2025 New England Women’s Senior Amateur Championship.
Tara Connelly
Category #40
2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Girls’ Junior, Women’s Mid-Amateur & Senior Amateur Qualifiers (Mass Golf Competitors Only)
(must have had an active Mass Golf Membership in 2025)
Rebecca Skoler
Alison Paik
Carys Fennessy
Shannon Johnson
Chelsea Curtis
Alexis Florio
Jayne Pardus
Pam Kuong
Erin O’Hara
Tracy Welch
Mercedese Large
Category #41
Top five (5) finishers and ties from the 2025 Anne Marie Tobin Player of the Year standings, if eligible. Additional exemptions may be awarded based on the 2025 Anne Marie Tobin Player of the Year standings (in order) to fill the field, as needed.
Shannon Johnson
Maddie Smith
Isabel Brozena
Mekhala Costello
Lillian Guleserian
Category #42
Top five (5) finishers and ties from the 2025 Girls’ Junior Player of the Year standings. Additional exemptions may be awarded based on the 2025 Girls’ Junior Player of the Year standings (in order) to fill the field, as needed.
Maddie Smith
Lillian Guleserian
Kaitlyn Doe
Adriana Eaton
Sophie Redmond
Category #43
Top five (5) finishers and ties from the 2025 Women’s Senior Player of the Year standings, if eligible. Additional exemptions may be awarded based on the 2025 Women’s Senior Player of the Year standings (in order) to fill the field, as needed.
Tara Connelly
Jayne Pardus
Pamela Kuong
Danielle Lee
Erin O’Hara
Category #44
Top three (3) and ties, not yet exempt from the 2026 Anne Marie Tobin Women’s Player of the Year standings as of July 1, 2026.
TBD
Category #45
Top three (3) finishers and ties from the 2025 MIAA Girls Golf State Championship, if eligible
Erika Redmond
Sophie Redmond
Maddie Smith
Category #46
Top Mass Golf affiliated finisher in the 2026 U.S. Challenge Cup (Girls’ Open Division) – World Series of Junior Golf.
TBD
Category #47
2026 Team Massachusetts – Girls
Lauren Connor
Hanley Correia
Kaitlyn Doe
Cecily Henshon
Reva Machanavajhula
Sophie Redmond
Ryley Regan
Maddie Smith
Category #48
Host Club Exemption (10.0 H.I. or less) – 1 per host site (Women’s Division)
Foxborough CC –
Woodland GC –
