The following individuals are exempt for the 2026 Women’s 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
Women’s Amateur Champions of the last ten (10) years, if eligible
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 #2
2025 Women’s Amateur Round of 32
Shannon Johnson
Claire Richardson
Lillian Guleserian
Morgan Smith
Rebecca Skoler
Katherine Ng
Alexis Florio
Maddie Smith
Molly Smith
Julia Imai
Phoebe Brinker
Mekhala Costello
Isabel Brozena
Sadie Cumming
Kaitlyn Doe
Jillian Johnson
Mia Lombardi
Sophie Redmond
Claire McTaggart
Kylie Eaton
Catie Schernecker
Ryley Regan
Callie Crean
Erika Redmond
Megan Buck
Julianna Megan
Abby Stone
Mya Murphy
Annie Dai
Amanda Adams
Amy Lyon
Katie Cullen
Category #3
2024 & 2025 Mass Golf Champions
2024 Stroke Play for the Baker (Champ Division Only), Junior Amateur, Senior Amateur, Mid-Amateur for the Keyes Cup (Champ Division Only), and Ouimet Memorial Champion, if eligible
Stroke Play (Baker) – Tara Connelly
Junior Amateur – Isabel Brozena
Senior Amateur- Pam Kuong
Mid-Amateur (Keyes) – Megan Buck
Ouimet Memorial – Isabel Brozena
2025 Stroke Play for the Baker (Champ Division Only), Junior Amateur, Senior Amateur, Mid-Amateur for the Keyes Cup (Champ Division Only), and Ouimet Memorial Champion, if eligible
Stroke Play (Baker) – Cindy Cao
Junior Amateur – Maddie Smith
Senior Amateur- Tara Connelly
Mid-Amateur (Keyes) – Megan Buck
Ouimet Memorial – Morgan Smith
Category #4
Top ten (10) finishers and ties in the 2025 Anne Marie Tobin Women’s Player of the Year standings, if eligible.
Shannon Johnson
Maddie Smith
Isabel Brozena
Mekhala Costello
Lillian Guleserian
Megan Buck
Natalie Galligan
Cindy Cao
Morgan Smith
Alexis Florio
Category #5
2025 Women’s Player of the Year, Junior Player of the Year, Senior Player of the Year, and Women’s Mid-Amateur Award, if eligible
Women’s Player of the Year – Shannon Johnson
Junior Player of the Year – Maddie Smith
Senior Player of the Year – Tara Connelly
Women’s Mid-Amateur Award – Shannon Johnson
Category #6
2025 New England Women’s Amateur Champion, New England Senior Amateur Champion, and low Mass Golfer in the 2025 New England Girls’ Junior Amateur, if eligible
New England Women’s Amateur – Maddie Smith
New England Women’s Senior Amateur – Tara Connelly
New England Girls Junior Invitational (low scorer) – Maddie Smith
Category #7
Any Mass Golf member who qualified for the 2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, if eligible
(must have had an active Mass Golf membership in 2025)
Rebecca Skoler
Allison Paik
Morgan Smith
Category #8
2026 Mass Women’s Amateur Championship Host Site Exemption, if eligible
(player must be an active member of the host site)
