Kristoffer Reitan what's in the bag 2025

Kristoffer Reitan held off playing partners Jayden Schaper and Dan Bradbury on a tough final day of the Nedbank Golf Challenge to secure his second DP World Tour title. He began the day with a five-shot lead but left the door open for the chasing pack as he struggled for consistency.

The Norwegian had four birdies and three bogeys on the front nine to hold a four-shot lead at the turn but, as he parred the first five holes of the back nine, Schaper and Bradbury closed the gap to two.

Reitan made life even harder for himself when he bogeyed the 15th to lead by a single shot but he parred his way home to secure a wire-to-wire victory by one shot.

A level-par 71 saw Reitan finish the week on 17 under par, one ahead of home favourite Schaper and Englishman Bradbury.

He said: "I don't know what I'm feeling right now. I had a lot of nerves today. But to get it over the line in the end is a better feeling than I can describe.

"I'm trying my best to deal with nervousness, fear. It's really, really difficult. I've managed to do that really well ever since mid-season last year.

"It just keeps getting increasingly more difficult, but I'm glad to have dealt with it in a good way and get this over the line. That means so much. I'm so pleased. I've been feeling nervous all week, to be honest, but it just kept getting increasingly more. And today was a different story.

"I'm just glad to get it over the line and to get the courage to hit the shots that I needed to hit down the stretch here especially."

Reitan has enjoyed a superb 2025, earning PGA Tour membership after a season in which he won his maiden DP World Tour title in Belgium.

He added: "I'm very proud of myself. Very proud of my whole team as well. I'm very demanding and they help me out the best that they can. Just ask my caddie!

"But yeah, I'm definitely proud of myself and I'm happy to be able to say that."

Who is Kristoffer Reitan?

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 fifthth 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 maiden DP World Tour win in Belgium at the Soudal Open in May, he was second at the Hainan Classic in China. He narrowly missed out on a captain’s pick at the Ryder Cup

This was his 86th start on the DP World Tour. He has made 41 cuts, with two wins, two seconds, one third and six top other top 10s. 

Kristoffer Reitan - WITB

Driver: PING G440 Max (9 Degrees)

3-Wood PING G440 Max (15 Degrees)

3-Utility Iron: PING iDi

Irons: PING Blueprint S (4-9)

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

Putter: PING 2021 Harwood

Ball: Titleist Pro V1 (2025)

Kristoffer Reitan - Stats on Tour

Driving Distance - 309.11 Yards

Driving Accuracy - 59.37%

Greens in Regulation - 68.85%

Sand Saves - 60.42%

Putts Per Round - 28.88

Scoring Average - 70.17

Sepp Straka - Last 10 Results

Nedbank Golf Challenge - 1st

DP World Tour Championship - T28th

Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship - 22nd

Open de Espana - T30th

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - T5th

FedEx Open de France - T5th

BMW PGA Championship - T24th

Amgen Irish Open - CUT

Betfred British Masters - T46th

Danish Golf Championship - T6th