Kristoffer Reitan
Personal information
Born (1998-03-08) 8 March 1998
Lørenskog, Norway
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Sporting nationality Norway
Career
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)European Tour
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2018
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Kristoffer Reitan (born 8 March 1998) is a Norwegian professional golfer on the European Tour. In 2018 he become the first Norwegian to play in the U.S. Open.[1]

Career

Reitan had a successful amateur career and won the Valderrama Boys Invitational, Italian International U16 Championship, Skandia Junior Open and the Junior Orange Bowl Championship. As part of the national team he represented Norway at the European Young Masters, European Boys' Team Championship and the European Amateur Team Championship.[2]

In 2014 he won the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup together with Viktor Hovland. He teamed up with Hovland again for the 2018 Eisenhower Trophy, where they finished fifth. He also represented Europe at the 2018 Junior Ryder Cup and 2018 Bonallack Trophy, and won the 2016 Jacques Léglise Trophy.[2] He finished runner-up at the opening event of the 2017 Nordic Golf League, behind Florian Fritsch.

Still a 20-year-old amateur, Reitan secured a spot at the 2018 U.S. Open through the Walton Heath Golf Club sectional qualifier, to become the first Norwegian to play in the U.S. Open.[3]

Reitan earned the 26th card at the 2018 European Tour Qualifying School, the only amateur to earn a European Tour card.[1] In his debut season on the European Tour his best finish was tie for fifth at the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth in Australia.[4] He ended the season 141st in the rankings, retaining conditional status.[1]

Amateur wins

  • 2013 Valderrama Boys Invitational, Italian International U16 Championship
  • 2014 Skandia Junior Open
  • 2015 Junior Orange Bowl Championship

Source:[2]

Results in major championships

Tournament 2018
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kristoffer Reitan". European Tour. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Kristoffer Reitan". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Kristoffer Reitan klar for U.S. Open" (in Norwegian). Norsk Golf. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Qualifying School graduates impress in Perth". European Tour. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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