Ryan Gerard
| Ryan Gerard | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 2, 1999 Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Sporting nationality | United States |
| Residence | Jupiter, Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Turned professional | 2022 |
| Current tours | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Former tours | Korn Ferry Tour PGA Tour Canada |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Highest ranking | 46 (December 21, 2025)[1] (as of December 21, 2025) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T8: 2025 |
| U.S. Open | T50: 2025 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Ryan Gerard (born August 2, 1999) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.[2] He won the 2024 BMW Charity Pro-Am on the Korn Ferry Tour en route to earning his full card for the 2025 PGA Tour season. He had previously spent the majority of the 2023 PGA Tour Season on the PGA Tour as a Special Temporary Member.[3][4]
Amateur career
As a high school student, Gerard attended Ravenscroft School, where he was a four-time NCISAA All-State honoree, and was named TISAC Player of the Year three times and TISAC All-Conference five times, while earning American Junior Golf Association All-American honors his senior season. [5]
Gerard attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2017 to 2022, earning All-America Honors in 2020 and 2022, finishing fourth in school history with a 71.65 career stroke average, and shooting more career rounds (5) of 65 or better, than any other Tar Heel.[6]
Professional career
Gerard turned professional in 2022, competing on PGA Tour Canada, where he won the Quebec Open in his fourth start, and finished fifth in the season-long Fortinet Cup standings to earn Korn Ferry status for 2023.
However, after only four Korn Ferry Tour starts in 2023, he Monday qualified into the PGA Tour's Honda Classic and finished fourth, then placed 11th at the next week's Puerto Rico Open en route to securing PGA Tour Special Temporary Membership at the Valero Texas Open. Unfortunately, Gerard could not quite retain that form, notching just one further top-25 in 2023 (he made 22 PGA Tour starts overall), and failed to match the top-125 on the FedEx Cup (after the FedEx Cup Fall) required to earn 2024 Tour membership.[3]
Despite missing out on earning full PGA Tour status for 2024, Gerard successfully earned a PGA Tour card for 2025 by finishing 12th on the Korn Ferry tour in the 2024 season, registering 12 top-25 finishes, four top-10s and a win at the BMW Charity Pro-Am, where he shot a 26-under 259, finishing six strokes ahead of runner-up Seth Reeves.[4]
2025 season
In his first full season on the PGA Tour, Gerard made nine of his first ten cuts of 2025. During that stretch, he finished in the top-25 five times, with two top-10s, including a runner-up finish at the Valero Texas Open, where he finished three strokes behind tournament-winner Brian Harman.[7] Later on in the season, he earned his first PGA Tour win at the Barracuda Championship, posting a four-round score of 47 in the tournament's Modified Stableford format.[8] In December, Gerard was ranked 57th in the Official World Golf Ranking heading into the final tournament week of the year. He opted to play in the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, needing a top-four finish to reach the top-50 in the OWGR and secure an invitation to the 2026 Masters Tournament.[9] Gerard finished runner-up in the event, losing in a playoff to Jayden Schaper.[10][11]
Amateur wins
- 2015 Midwest Junior Players Championship, Polo Golf Junior Classic
- 2021 Rod Meyers Invitational
Professional wins (3)
PGA Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 20, 2025 | Barracuda Championship1 | 47 pts (13-7-15-12=47) | 3 points | Erik van Rooyen |
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 20, 2025 | Barracuda Championship1 | 47 pts (13-7-15-12=47) | 3 points | Erik van Rooyen |
1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Jayden Schaper | Lost to eagle on second extra hole |
Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun 9, 2024 | BMW Charity Pro-Am | −26 (64-66-63-66=259) | 6 strokes | Seth Reeves |
PGA Tour Canada wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 7, 2022 | Quebec Open | −16 (65-68-66-73=272) | 1 stroke | Thomas Walsh |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||
| PGA Championship | T8 | |||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T56 | T50 | |
| The Open Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
See also
References
- ^ "Week 51 2025 Ending 21 Dec 2025" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Ryan Gerard – Bio". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ a b "Ryan Gerard locks up 2025 PGA Tour card at Korn Ferry Tour Finals opener". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ a b Staff. "Ryan Gerard captures emotional victory at BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ "Senior Golfer Named AJGA All-American" (PDF). April 11, 2025.
- ^ a b "Ryan Gerard - Men's Golf". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ "Valero Texas Open 2025 - PGA Tour Golf Leaderboard". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ "Ryan Gerard breaks through at Barracuda Championship for first PGA Tour title". PGA Tour. Associated Press. July 20, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
- ^ French, Ryan (December 15, 2025). "10,000 Miles to the Masters". Monday Q Info. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ "Schaper wins back-to-back titles after play-off heroics in Mauritius". Golf Digest Middle East. December 21, 2025. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Ryan Gerard flies across two oceans, earns Masters invitation in Mauritius". PGA Tour. Associated Press. December 21, 2025. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ "Ryan Gerard". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
External links
- Ryan Gerard at the PGA Tour official site
- Ryan Gerard at the Official World Golf Ranking official site