Ryan Gerard doesn't have quite the same amount of experience playing Quail Hollow as some of the PGA Tour veterans playing in this week's PGA Championship. But the 25-year-old may be as familiar with the Charlotte course's closing hole as anyone.

That news came down at 3:55 p.m. ET on Wednesday. By 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, Smalley had completed his first round with a four-under-par 67, tying the clubhouse lead with Ryan Fox — who is experiencing his own miraculous run over the last week.

Ryan Gerard is the early leader at the PGA Championship. Let's learn more about the former UNC golfer and how he got to the top of the board.

Utah's Tony Finau is off to a solid start in the PGA Championship, while the same can't be said of former BYU golfer Patrick Fishburn

Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort assistant professional Brian Bergstol is 2-over par after 8 holes today in the first round of the PGA Championships

Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka turned in another poor scorecard at Quail Hollow, the site of this week's PGA Championship.

When the dust settled on the morning wave Thursday at the PGA Championship, the flags at the top of the leaderboard might have fooled a passerby into thinking he'd accidentally stumbled into a meeting of the Charlotte chapter of the European Union.