The man is no stranger to flying all over God's creation to play golf. At the very end of 2025, Gerard made headlines for going to all the way to East Africa to play in the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in a last-ditch effort to earn a Masters invitation (he did). This week, after finishing solo third in the Tour Championship at East Lake, Gerard is going straight to Switzerland for the DP World Tour's Omega European Masters. Why would he do such a thing coming off a career year on the PGA Tour that has earned him the right to kick up his feet and relax for, at minimum, a week or two. Well, it's complicated. 

"Well, I need to play two more DP World Tour events to maintain not being suspended from their Tour. So that was one of [reasons]," Gerard said. 

"Like full transparency, if I get a Presidents Cup spot, I'd love to kind of roll into there being a little bit more prepared. I like to play a lot of golf. And if I don't, I'll probably just stay over there and play Wentworth and the France Open after that.

"Yeah, a bit of a weird stretch of the year for me. I like playing lots of golf. I feel like I'm at my most prepared when I'm in kind of a rhythm. I'll be ready for whatever the future holds, but I need to get a couple more events in."

Gerard finished well outside the automatic qualifier cut line for the Presidents Cup, so he would need to rely on a captain's pick from Brandt Snedeker, who has a helluva tough task on his hand in picking the next six guys. When the qualifying window ended at the BMW, Gerard was actually outside the top 15. But with his finish at East Lake, and maybe another high finish in Switzerland, he's giving Sneds plenty to think about.