2009 Massachusetts Amateur
The 2009 Massachusetts State Amateur Championship will be the 101th Massachusetts Amateur, and is scheduled to be played from July 13-17, 2009. This will be the tenth Massachusetts Amateur to be played at The Country Club; the last was won by Andy Drohen in the 2003 Amateur in the 95th EDition.
Field
Below is the list of the players that were fully exempt for the 2009 Massachusetts Amateur. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:
1. Last 5 Massachusetts Amateur Champions
John Hadges (2,5,7), Burgess Houston, Ben Spitz (2,5), Frank Vana, Jr (2,5)
2. Top 16 finishers from 2008 Massachusetts Amateur
Daniel Falcucci (5), Antonio Grillo (5), Doug Clapp, Philip Smith (5), Matt Parziale (5), Kevin Quinn (5), Jack Kearney (5), Brian Higgins (3,5), Bobby Loguidice, Mike Slosek (5), Scott Congdon, Taylor Fontaine, Phil Miceli (5)
3. 2008 MGA Junior, Senior, Mid-Amateur, and Public Links Champions
Junior - Bradley Kushner (7), Senior - Tom Bergeron, Public Links - Todd Ezold
4. Low amateur in the 2008 Massachusetts Open Championship
Mike Calef (5)
5. Top fifteen (15) finishers and ties in the 2008 MGA Player of the Year standings
Steve Tasho, Joe Cunningham
'''6. 2008 Ouimet Memorial Invitational Champion (if eligible)
Jay Driscoll
7. 2008 MGA Player of the Year, Junior Player of the Year and Senior Player of the Year
Joseph Keller (8)
8. 2008 NEGA Amateur and Senior Amateur Champion (if eligible)
Matt Broome
9. Special exemptions selected by the MGA