SPRINGFIELD, Pa.– Duke women's golf incoming freshman
Avery McCrery capped her summer this week with a championship as she teamed with PGA of America Golf Professional Ryan Rucinski to win the 2025 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Scratch Championship at Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield.
McCrery and Rucinski registered a team score of 12-under-par, 59. 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 as 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 with an 8-under-par 63. A native of Wilmington, Del., McCrery posted a bogey-free round with eight birdies.
The 59 finished two strokes better than Jeff Fick and Dave Palumbo.
McCrery will head to Durham this week to move in ahead of freshman orientation at Duke.
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