Kristoffer Reitan What's In The Bag 2025

Kristoffer Reitan produced the round of his life to win the Soudal Open in the most unlikely of circumstances. The Norwegian shot a course record 62 and then had to wait almost three hours to see if anybody could beat his 13 under par total.

Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson stood on the 18th tee with a one-shot lead but missed the green with his approach and then took three more to get down. It meant that Reitan, Ferguson and Darius van Driel all had to head back to play the 18th again. They all parred it first time around but on the second trip, Ferguson and van Driel both missed makable putts before Reitain holed a 13-foot birdie effort to claim his maiden title. In the process, he overturned a nine-shot deficit.

Who is Kristoffer Reitan?

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Kristoffer Reitan was born in Lørenskog, Norway on March 8, 1998.

He had a successful amateur career, winning the Valderrama Boys Invitational, Italian International U16 Championship, Skandia Junior Open and the Junior Orange Bowl. He represented Norway at the European Young Masters, European Boys’ Tema Championship and European Amateur Team Championship.

In 2014, he won the Toyota Junior World Cup with Viktor Hovland. The pair finished fifth at the 2018 Eisenhower Trophy. He also represented Europe at the 2018 Junior Ryder Cup and 2018 Bonnallack Trophy and won the 2016 Jacques Leglise Trophy and finished runner-up at the opening event of the 2017 Nordic Golf League.  

Reitan signed a letter of intent to play college golf for the University of Texas but chose not to attend in the end.

Still a 20-year-old amateur, he secured a spot at the 2018 US Open through final qualifying at Walton Heath to become the first Norwegian to play in that event.

Reitan turned professional after he earned the 26th card at the 2018 DP World Tour qualifying school, the only amateur to earn a card.

In his rookie season on the European Tour, his best finish was a tie for fifth at the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth but ended the season 141st in the rankings, retaining conditional status.

He tied for fifth at the 2020 Italian Open. After losing his playing rights he played on the Challenge Tour in 2024. He was third at the Blot Open, runner-up at the Swiss Challenge and won the Challenge Tour Grand Final to return to the DP World Tour.

Prior to his win in Belgium, he was second at the Hainan Classic in China. The victory takes him to 10th place in the Race to Dubai.

Kristoffer Reitan - WITB

Driver: PING G440 LST (9 Degrees)

3-Wood PING G440 Max (15 Degrees)

3-Hybrid: PING G440 (20 Degrees)

Irons: PING Blueprint S (4-9)

Wdges: PING s159 (46, 50, 54, 58)

Putter: PING 2021 Harwood

Ball: Titleist Pro V1 (2025)

Kristoffer Reitan - Stats on Tour

Driving Distance - 309.17 Yards

Driving Accuracy - 60.55%

Greens in Regulation - 67.97%

Sand Saves - 60.61%

Putts Per Round - 29.06

Scoring Average - 71.12

Sepp Straka - Last 10 Results

Soudal Open - 1st

Turkish Airlines Open - T33rd

Hainan Classic - T2nd

Volvo China Open - T69th

Hero Indian Open - T31st

Porsche Singapore Classic - CUT

South African Open Championship - CUT

Magical Kenya Open - CUT

Commerical Bank Qatar Masters - T14th

Bahrain Championship - T24th