The following players are exempt, and must enter the event through the Championship page:

Allen, Donald
Babcock, Joe
Bayer, Ron
Belizze, Matthew
Bozzelli, Dominic
Campbell, Matthew
Clarke, Matthew
DiBitetto, Andrew
Donovan, Patrick
Duthie, John
Field, Richard
Flood, Brendan
Gaffney, John
Merkulov, Yaroslav
Miller, Jamie
Nosonowitz, Steven
Pierson, Patrick
Quagliano, Michael
Rohlf, Greg
Roy, Jim
Saladino, Joseph
Scorse, James
Smith, Bryan
Tallman, Aaron
Tryon, William
Vaccaro, John
Vinal, Zach
Welch, James