Kristoffer Reitan held off taking part in companions Jayden Schaper and Golf Information columnist Dan Bradbury on a nerve-shredding ultimate day of the 2026 Nedbank Golf Problem in honour of Gary Participant to safe his second DP World Tour title.
Reitan started the day with a commanding five-shot lead however left the door broad open for the chasing pack as he struggled for consistency.
The Norwegian combined 4 birdies with three bogeys on the entrance 9 to carry a four-shot lead on the flip however, as he parred the primary 5 holes of the again 9, Schaper and Bradbury closed the hole to 2.
Reitan piled additional strain on himself as he bogeyed the fifteenth to take a seat only one clear however managed to hold in there, parring his method residence to shut out a wire-to-wire victory by one shot.
His level-par 71 noticed Reitan end the match on 17 below par, one away from residence favorite Schaper and Englishman Bradbury.
Reitan made a shaky begin on Sunday morning as he bogeyed the primary however obtained the shot again from shut vary on the second.
One other bogey adopted on the third earlier than he rolled in a 13-foot birdie putt on the fifth to guide by three photographs on 17 below.
Having been unable to avoid wasting par on the brief seventh, Reitan bounced again with a long-range birdie on the eighth earlier than making one other from shut vary on the ninth to show in 35.
However as Reitan fought onerous to keep away from dropping photographs on the again 9, Schaper and Bradbury discovered the birdies they required to eat into his lead.
And when Reitan bogeyed the fifteenth after failing to get out of the tough along with his third shot, the chasing pair have been only one again.
However Reitan regained his composure and parred every of the ultimate three holes to maintain his taking part in companions at bay and add a second DP World Tour crown to the one he gained on the Soudal Open in Might.
He stated: “I don’t know what I’m feeling proper now. I had plenty of nerves right this moment.
“However to get it over the road ultimately is a greater feeling than I can describe.
“I’m making an attempt my finest to cope with nervousness, concern. It’s actually, actually tough. I’ve managed to try this very well ever since mid-season final yr.
“It simply retains getting more and more tougher, however I’m glad to have handled it in a great way and get this over the road. Which means a lot. I’m so happy.
“I’ve been feeling nervous all week, to be trustworthy, however it simply saved getting more and more extra. And right this moment was a special story.
“You possibly can perhaps inform on a few of the photographs that I hit as effectively.
“I’m simply actually glad to get it over the road and to get the braveness to hit the photographs that I wanted to hit down the stretch right here particularly.”
Reitan has loved a stellar 2025, incomes twin membership with the PGA TOUR after a season through which he gained his maiden DP World Tour title in Belgium.
He added: “I’m very pleased with myself. Very pleased with my complete workforce as effectively. I’m very demanding and so they assist me out the most effective that they will. Simply ask my caddie!
“However yeah, I’m positively pleased with myself and I’m completely happy to have the ability to say that.”
