So when TV majors roll around – and Ryan Searle is almost always there – his name quietly slips into the dark-horse conversation. Not shouted. Mentioned. Nodded at knowingly. And now, as the World Championship barrels into its home straight,

Ryan Gerard of Jupiter, Fla., in an effort to move into the top 50 in the World Ranking and secure a Masters invitation, made the 10,000-mile trek to Mauritius to play in the DP World Tour's AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open,

It will be Ryan's second time representing the United States at the international level, previously pitching for Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Brasier is considered as a short-burst reliever with postseason experience rather than a volume arm or bullpen anchor. His most recent stretch of effectiveness came with the LA Dodgers, where he worked in defined leverage roles during a championship season.