[Ready4Freddy]

They set very exacting standards for 50% of the exemptions. BofA (or the National Bank of Dumb Shiite, for that matter :) could give you an exemption, but would they? Of course not.

[presidio9]

The idea of the hack buddy of the corporate president who gets an exemption is an old wives tale. All of the exemptions today go to Tour-caliber players who have not won enough money yet. As an example, there is a kid in Westchester right now who has won the Big East Conference individual championship three years in a row and is VERY well connected. If exemptions were simply given out to accompished players, he would be a shoe-in for one at the Westchester Classic. But he has not been given one, because he is not good enough.