Kristoffer Reitan described his maiden PGA TOUR title as “a dream come true” as he won the Truist Championship at Quail Hollow.
The Norwegian began the final round one-shot adrift of England’s Alex Fitzpatrick, but he carded a closing two-under-par 69 on Sunday to seal a two-shot win over Rickie Fowler and Nicolai Højgaard.
Twice a winner on the DP World Tour last year, Reitan is in his rookie season stateside after finishing eighth on the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World to earn his rookie campaign stateside.
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Making his 12th PGA TOUR start and 15th overall, the 28-year-old came into the Signature Event, on the back of two top 15 finishes either side of his Masters debut last month.
Reitan is the second player from Norway after Viktor Hovland to win on the PGA TOUR and claimed $3.6m (£2.65m) for the top prize.
"I don't have any words, to be honest," he said. "This is way more than I expected and for it to happen this quickly is just unreal.
"Yeah, a dream come true."
Reitan only got into the field for the $20m event in Charlotte, North Carolina, by virtue of his performances during the Aon Swing 5.
He will now head into his US PGA Championship debut at Aronimink Golf Club this week at a career-high 25th in the Official World Golf Ranking.
While his career is firmly on an upward trajectory, having earned promotion to the DP World Tour from the HotelPlanner Tour at the end of 2024, Reitan admitted time away from the game in 2022 when he contemplated making a career from YouTube golf helped him gain perspective.
"It helped me find my game again," he said. "It helped me discover my talents again.
"Yeah, that was something really important to me, which I try to remind myself of every single day.
"So that was definitely a huge thing for me getting back and starting to play some good golf again."
It was a strong week for European golf, with Højgaard just falling short in his bid to become the first Dane to win on the PGA TOUR and the in-form Fitzpatrick finishing fourth, three shots back, in just his second PGA TOUR start since winning with his brother Matt at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
