​ATLANTA (AP) — The PGA Tour’s bold plan to end its season in 2028 with one tournament over two weeks in two cities is certain to define this part of the golf calendar as a month (or more) of match play.The majors end in July. The regular season on the PGA Tour is done in the middle of August. And then for those fans who can’t get their fill of match play, there will be plenty of options.While the PGA Tour’s schedule for 2028 is still being sorted out (including the dates), the heart of the match play season is likely to start with the consecutive weeks of the U.S. Women’s Amateur (Brae Burn) and the U.S. Amateur (Whistling Straits).For elite tour professionals, there will be two weeks of match play to end the PGA Tour season, with either a Ryder Cup or a Presidents Cup right on its heels. That won’t be the case the first year of the revamped PGA Tour schedule because the Presidents Cup in 2028 is in Australia and likely won’t be played until after Thanksgiving.As much as the PGA Tour is intrigued by team play, it would not be surprising for the old Dunhill Cup — medal matches for three-man teams from 16 countries — to be revived around that time.For the women, the Solheim Cup in 2028 is set for Valhalla the first full week of September.For the amateur game, which is getting more attention by the year with so many top players making an immediate impact as pros, the Walker Cup (Bandon Dunes) is the same week as the Solheim Cup in 2028. The week before is the Curtis Cup (Royal Dornoch).The Curtis Cup was in June this year at Bel-Air in Los Angeles, and it will be in June when it goes to National Golf Links in New York in 2030. It still occasionally goes to September, such as 2034 when it is scheduled for Pine Valley.The Ryder, Solheim and Presidents Cups have occupied the early fall for years, and typically the two amateur cups. Two additional weeks of match play for the PGA Tour finale only adds to that.Ryan Gerard is a traveling manRyan Gerard first began to gain notoriety when he flew halfway around the world to a tiny island off the eastern coast of Africa to play in the Mauritius Open. At stake was a chance to move into the top 50 by the end of the year and qualify for the Masters, which he did.And now he’s in Switzerland.Gerard, who shared the 36-hole lead at the Tour Championship and finished third, is in the field this week for the Omega European Masters in Crans Montana in the Alps. He is the top-ranked player in the field at No. 22 in the world.“Season’s not over for me,” said Gerard, who played 33 times last year and already is at 26 this year. “Frustrated with some of the results, a lot of positives, but still work left to do.”Why Switzerland? Gerard became a European tour member by winning the co-sanctioned Barracuda Championship in July 2025. He finished the year playing the Irish Open and BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, and Mauritius counts toward the 2026 season. He said he needs two more events to fulfill his member