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UNC Golf: Ryan Gerard wins first career PGA Tour event

Related Topics: PGA Tour, Reno–Tahoe Open

With the college sporting year in the offseason, more of the stories surrounding North Carolina Tar Heels sports at the moment are either in preparation for the upcoming seasons or alumni news. Today, we have one of the latter.

Over the weekend, former UNC golf star Ryan Gerard captured his first career PGA Tour title when he won the Barracuda Championship in Truckee, California.

The Barracuda Championship is one of the few tour stops that doesn’t use pure stroke total in determining a winner, as it used a Modified Stableford scoring system, which is designed to encourage aggressive play.