Kristoffer Reitan
Kristoffer Reitan is a Norwegian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. In 2018, he become the first Norwegian to play in the U.S. Open. He won the 2024 Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final and the 2025 Belgian Open.
Early life and amateur career
Kristoffer Reitan was born on 8 March 1998 in Oslo, Norway. He is a grandson of Odd Reitan, who formed the Reitan conglomerate and became one of Norway's wealthiest businessmen. Kristoffer's father,, was also involved in the Reitan business and was an avid golfer. He introduced Kristoffer to the game as a child. In addition to golf, Kristoffer played football during his youth. His mother Siv is a trained nurse, and he has one sibling, a younger sister Viktoria who is a singer under the name of "bby ivy".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. At the 2017 European Amateur Team Champiopnship, Reitan finished individual leader at the initial 36-hole strokeplay competitition.
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. Reitan reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2015, where he lost to eventual champion Philip Barbaree. Hovland caddied for Reitan during the event. He finished runner-up at the opening event of the 2017 Nordic Golf League, behind Florian Fritsch.
Reitan signed a letter of intent to play college golf for the University of Texas at Austin starting in the fall of 2017, but later decided to forego college and turn professional instead.
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.
Professional career
Reitan turned professional after he earned the 26th card at the 2018 European 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 in Australia, where he shared the lead after round one. He ended the season 141st in the rankings, retaining conditional status.
He tied for 5th at the 2020 Italian Open. In 2024, after joining the Challenge Tour, he was 3rd at the Blot Open de Bretagne, runner-up at the Swiss Challenge, and won the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final, to graduate to the European Tour by finishing 7th in the rankings.
In April 2025, he was runner-up at the Hainan Classic in China, three strokes behind Marco Penge. In May, he claimed his first European Tour title, at the Soudal Open. Starting the final round nine strokes off the lead, Reitan shot a course-record 62 and posted 13-under for the tournament to ultimately enter a three-man playoff. Reitan birdied the second extra hole to defeat Darius van Driel and 54-hole leader Ewen Ferguson. After another runner-up finish at the Austrian Alpine Open, following a 60 in the final round, Reitan rose into the top-100 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. Reitan ended the season at 8th in the Race to Dubai rankings and earned playing status for the 2026 PGA Tour season.
At the Nedbank Golf Challenge in December 2025, Reitan opened with a 9-under 63 to take the first-round lead. He held a five-stroke lead after 54 holes and shot a 72 in the final round to complete a wire-to-wire victory, finishing one stroke ahead of Dan Bradbury and Jayden Schaper.
Amateur wins
- 2013 Valderrama Boys Invitational, Italian International U16 Championship
- 2014 Skandia Junior Open
- 2015 Junior Orange Bowl Championship
Professional wins (3)
European Tour wins (2)
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine TourEuropean Tour playoff record
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2025 | Soudal Open |  Challenge Tour wins (1)
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