Jon Rusk, general manager at LuLu Country Club in Glenside, won the Philadelphia Open Championship, Amateur Golf reported.

The 36-hole tournament was held on July 16 and 17, during which Rusk bested amateur Zak Drescher and professional Andrew Cornish in a four-hole aggregate playoff at Applebrook Golf Club in Malvern after the trio completed 36 regulation holes over two days in 4-under par 136.

The win was Rusk’s second Golf Association of Philadelphia title and came 29 years after his first, the article said.

His name will now be inscribed on the John J. McDermott Trophy.

“I don’t know if it hit home yet, to be honest with you,” Rusk said. “I had never won a GAP Major. I never really played in too many after I turned pro, but I’ve been thinking about it a lot the last year or so. I failed as a professional and I got a lot of scar tissue from that. [The win] helped peel some of that away to be honest with you. It feels good. I’ve got some friends’ names on that trophy.”

Rusk is featured in the interview below following the win:

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