Springfield, Pa. (August 11, 2025) — PGA of America Golf Professional Ryan Rucinski of Wilmington (Del.) Country Club and his amateur partner Avery McCrery finished with a team score of 12-under-par 59 to win the 2025 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Scratch Championship at Rolling Green Golf Club by two strokes over Moselem Springs Golf Club’s Jeff Fick, PGA, and Dave Palumbo.

The event’s format was Gross Four-Ball Stroke Play / Better Ball of Partners for 18 holes.

Rucinski and McCrery combined for 12 birdies and an eagle. The eagle, was Rucinski’s hole-in-one on the par-3 16th hole; he used a pitching wedge from 140 yards. McCrery, coming off her appearance in last week’s U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon, set a new women’s course record at Rolling Green: an 8-under-par 63.

Merion Golf Club’s Joanna Coe, PGA, and Nelson Hargrove finished in third place at 9-under-par. Two teams tied for fourth place at 8-under-par: DuPont Country Club’s Mike Caldwell, PGA, and Jason Henzes; and Woodstone Country Club’s Gregg Meyer, PGA, and Nick Lukow. Two more tied for fifth place at 6-under-par: St. Davids Golf Club’s Wesley Calderone and Steve Dressel; and Laurel Creek Country Club’s Dave Quinn and Jack Irons.

View the full 2025 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Scratch Championship leaderboard by clicking here.

The 2025 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Scratch Championship is supported by Turtleson and Ohana Farm LLC. The Philadelphia PGA Section and its PGA of America Golf Professionals thank our partners, host Rolling Green Golf Club, their owners, membership, management, and staff, as the event would not have been possible without their support.

About the Philadelphia PGA Section
The Philadelphia PGA Section, covering eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is one of 41 geographical managing entities of the PGA of America. This Section manages nearly 900 PGA of America Members and Associates who are employed at over 590 golf facilities in our region.

Contact: Matt Frey, PGA, Communications Director, mfrey@pgahq.com