Exemption Categories:

1. Past Champion of the event

2. Top 5 from prior year's event

3. Final Open Qualification into LPGA, Ladies’ European Tour, or Epsom Tour event

4. Final Open Qualification into PGA Tour, DP World Tour, or Korn Ferry Tour event

5. Participation in Prestigious International Amateur Events
a. Qualification for Match Play in R&A Boys' and Girls' Championship
b. Qualification for R&A Men's and Women's Amateur Championship
c. Qualification for Match Play in USGA Boys' and Girls' Junior Championship
d. Qualification USGA Men's and Women's Amateur Championship
e. Top 5 in prior year's Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship, 
   if finishing position is within top 25 and ties
f. Top 5 in prior year's Latin American Amateur Championship,
   if finishing position is within top 25 and ties
g. Top 5 in prior year's Asian Amateur Championship,
   if finishing position is within top 25 and ties

6. Results in Prestigious Junior Tournaments
a. Champion and Runner-up AJGA Junior Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass
b. Top 3 in prior year Sally Invitational
c. Top 3 in prior year Junior Invitational at Sage Valley
d. Women’s Champion, 97th Western Junior 
e. Men’s Champion, 106th Western Junior
f. Champion and Runner-up 2024 Girls’ North and South Junior Championship
g. Champion and Runner-up 2024 Boys’ North and South Junior Championship
h. Champion of the 2024 Callaway Women’s World Championship
i. Champion 2024 Callaway Men’s World Championship
j. Champion 2024 Cabo Women’s World Championship
k. Champion 2024 Cabo Men’s World Championship

7. Membership of National and International Teams
a. Members, including alternates, of Boys' and Girls' U.S. National Development Program
b. Members, including alternates, of Boys’ and Girls’ Mexican Junior Amateur Teams
c. Members, including alternates, of Boys’ and Girls’ Canadian Junior Amateur Teams
d. Members, including alternates, of Junior Solheim Cup Teams
e. Members, including alternates, of Junior Ryder Cup Teams
f. Members, including alternates, of Great Britain & Ireland and USA Curtis Cup Teams
g. Members, including alternates, of European and USA Palmer Cup Teams
h. Members, including alternates, of Great Britain & Ireland and USA Walker Cup Teams

8. Veteran Golfers Association Exemptions
a. One player nominated to the Girls' field
b. One player nominated to the Boys' field

Tournament and exemption eligibility must meet USGA age requirements prior to start of final round. 
Additionally, a contestant must be an amateur under the current Rules of Amateur Status, and there 
may be no current or pending matters that may impact their amateur status.