The following individuals are exempt for the 2026 Senior Amateur Championship.
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
Senior Amateur Champions of the last ten (10) years
2025 – Brendan Hester
2024 – Doug Clapp
2023 – Scott Copeland
2022 – Frank Vana, Jr.
2021 – Keith Smith
2020 – Don Foberg
2019 – Jack Kearney
2018 – Frank Vana, Jr.
2017 – Keith Smith
2016 – Keith Smith
Category #2
2024 & 2025 Mass Golf Champions
2024 Amateur, Super Senior, Amateur Public Links, Ouimet (Lowery), and Mid-Amateur Champions, if eligible
Amateur – Matthew Naumec
Super Senior – Don Reycroft
Amateur Public Links- Joseph Lenane
Ouimet Memorial – Frank Vana
Mid-Amateur – Jake Ratti
2025 Amateur, Super Senior, Mid-Amateur, Amateur Public Links, and Ouimet (Lowery Division), if eligible
Amateur – Ryan Downes
Super Senior – Steven Tasho
Mid-Amateur – Nick Maccario
Amateur Public Links- Sean Fitzpatrick
Ouimet- Lowery – Brendan Hester
Category #3
The top thirty (30) scorers and ties in the 2025 Senior Amateur Championship
Brendan Hester
Dean Godek
Steven Tasho
Jim Patterson
Michael Mertes
Keith Smith
Doug Clapp
Geoff Holt
Frank Depiano
Bud Schultz
John O’Hara
John Hadges
Michael Zmetrovich
Kevin Daly
Bob Blackmar
Marty McDonald
Todd Ezold
Jack Bohman
John McNeill
Keith Stone
Doug Briggs
Brian Secia
Vin Sasso
T.J. Ryan
Dom Petruzzelli
Scott Copeland
Rich Armstrong
Brian Coakley
Jeff Page
Gene Gonzalez
Dean Parziale
Mark Souliotis
Chris Piscatelli
Frank Vana
William Frain
Andy Drohen
Category #4
The top twenty (20) Mass Golf scorers and ties in the 2025 New England Senior Amateur Championship.
Chris O’Neill
John McNeill
Don Reycroft
Brendan Hester
Brian Fitzgerald
Keith Stone
Doug Clapp
Rick Moreau
Mike Verde
Frank Vana
Dean Godek
Bill Jenks
Kevin Daly
Scott Copeland
Chris Piscatelli
Steven Tasho
Todd Ezold
Steve Fournier
Andy Drohen
Jack Kearney
Keith Smith
Category #5
The top thirty (30) finishers and ties in the 2025 George M. Cohen Senior Player of the Year standings
Brendan Hester
Doug Clapp
Dean Godek
John McNeill
Keith Smith
Steven Tasho
Jim Patterson
John Hadges
Chris Congdon
Keith Stone
Chris O’Neill
Jeffrey Dantas
Doug Briggs
Keith Burch
Michael Mertes
David Pierce
Michael Petrick
Brian Secia
Todd Ezold
Don Reycroft
Frank Vana
Jack Kearney
Kevin Shea
Don Foberg
Brian Fitzgerald
Douglas Parigian
Ed Garbacik
John Drohen
Rick Angeli
Geoffrey Holt
Mike Verde
Category #6
Top ten (10) finishers and ties in the 2025 Super Senior Player of the Year standings.
Steven Tasho
Keith Smith
John Hadges
Douglas Parigian
Chris O’Neill
Don Reycroft
Michael Mertes
Brian Secia
Bud Schultz
Robert Linn
Category #7
Any senior competitor who turns 55 by September 22nd, 2026 and has won the 2026 Mass (Amateur, Amateur Public Links, Open, Ouimet, and Mid-Amateur).
N/A
Category #8
Any Senior competitor (55+), who is exempt for the 2026 Amateur, Open, Mid-Amateur, or Amateur Public Links Championships.
Brendan Hester
Steven Tasho
Doug Clapp
Don Reycroft
Dean Godek
Bob Blackmar
Joe Walker
Frank Vana
John Hadges
John McNeill
Keith Smith
Category #9
Any Mass Golf golfer who qualified for the 2025 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship, if eligible
(must have had an active Mass Golf membership in 2025)
Brendan Hester
Michael Petrick
Keith Smith
Doug Clapp
Jim Patterson
Chris Congdon
Category #10
Any Mass Golf golfer (55+) who qualified for the 2025 U.S. Senior Open Championship, if eligible
(must have had an active Mass Golf membership in 2025)
Doug Clapp
Category #11
The top ten (10) scorers and ties in the 2025 Super Senior Amateur Championship
Steven Tasho
Doug Parigian
Keith Smith
John Hadges
Michael Corbin
Bud Schultz
Robert Linn
Andy Horvitz
Anthony Carra
Don Reycroft
Bruce Carter
Ed Garbacik
Don Foberg
Category #12
2026 Mass Senior Amateur Championship Host Site Exemption, if eligible
(player must be an active member of the host site)
