
For Ryan Gerard, it was well worth the 20,000-mile trip.
The 26-year-old American, who won the PGA Tour’s Barracuda Championship in August, did not have a spot in the 2026 Masters. So, in an attempt to change that, he decided to play the DP World Tour’s AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in Mauritius, a small island roughly 1,250 miles off the eastern coast of Africa.