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 tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Korn Ferry Tour PGA Tour Canada |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Highest ranking | 74 (May 18, 2025)[1] (as of May 25, 2025) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T8: 2025 |
| U.S. Open | T56: 2023 |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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]
In his first full season on the PGA, 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]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2015 Midwest Junior Players Championship, Polo Golf Junior Classic
- 2021 Rod Meyers Invitational
Professional wins (2)
[edit]Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)
[edit]| 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)
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||
| PGA Championship | T8 | |||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T56 | ||
| The Open Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Week 20 2025 Ending 18 May 2025" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved May 18, 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". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Ryan Gerard at the PGA Tour official site
- Ryan Gerard at the Official World Golf Ranking official site