Reitan earns biggest career triumph after winning Truist Championship

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/reitan-kristoffer/46auSV8f/"]Reitan[/a], 28, fired a two-under par 69 to finish on 15-under 269 and capture the $3.6 million top prize in the signature event at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.[/p][p][b]"I don't have any words,"[/b] Reitan said.[b] "This is way more than I expected, and for it to happen this quickly is just unreal. Dream come true."[/b][/p][embed guid="7481ade9-f2d7-496a-89df-2040a4875d93" url="https://x.com/PGATOUR/status/2053597619323060597?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Reitan, who in his 15th tour start, joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hovland-viktor/lWxyqX2t/"]Viktor Hovland[/a] as the only Norwegians to capture US PGA Tour triumphs. He had considered giving up golf in 2021 but rediscovered his joy in the sport - leading to his biggest career triumph.[/p][p][b]"It helped me find my game again, helped me discover my talents again," [/b]Reitan said.[b] "That was something really important to me, which I try to remind myself of every single day.[/b][/p][p][b]"That was definitely a huge thing for me, getting back and playing some good golf again."[/b][/p][embed guid="440026ec-ad55-409f-9911-e2c00a39338f" url="https://x.com/GolfonCBS/status/2053599562045022331?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fowler-rickie/z9A2Fe31/"]Rickie Fowler[/a], who birdied six of the first 10 holes, shared second with Denmark's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hojgaard-nicolai/nFdhtZdB/"]Nicolai Hojgaard[/a] on 271 after a closing 65 with England's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fitzpatrick-alex/GYIyObZk/"]Alex Fitzpatrick[/a], the 54-hole leader, settling for fourth on 272 after a closing 73.[/p][p][b]"Happy to see Kris win. He deserves it,"[/b] Fitzpatrick said.[b] "He played really well today. Hopefully mine another time."[/b][/p][p]Other players who won their first US PGA Tour titles at Quail Hollow included world number two [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcilroy-rory/djwanksN/"]Rory McIlroy[/a] in 2010, Fowler in 2012, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/homa-max/x6d5dphb/"]Max Homa[/a] in 2019.[/p][p]McIlroy, 37, in his first event since winning his second Masters in a row last month at Augusta National, also birdied six of the first 10 holes in shooting a 67 to share 19th on 279 on a course where he has won four times.[/p][p]The event was a last tuneup for next week's PGA Championship at Aronimink, where top-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scheffler-scottie/bXfIuBYu/"]Scottie Scheffler[/a] will try to defend his title.[/p][p]There were 10 players within two strokes of the lead in the heart of the back-nine fight.[/p][p]Reitan blasted out of a greenside bunker to within seven feet at 14 and sank the birdie putt, then birdied the par-five 15th, reaching the green in two and sinking a putt from just inside eight feet to reach 15-under.[/p][embed guid="f2fc06f3-abd1-4186-adf5-f40c07d60d15" url="https://x.com/GolfChannel/status/2053585760255631488?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]While rivals faltered late, Reitan sank a par putt from just inside 12 feet at 16 after plunking his approach into a bunker.[/p][p]Reigning US Open champion JJ Spaun of the United States, South Korean Im Sung-jae, and England's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fleetwood-tommy/Svq63qoo/"]Tommy Fleetwood[/a] shared fifth on 273 with Sweden's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aberg-ludvig/67ZVNhdN/"]Ludvig Aberg[/a] and England's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hall-harry/zc0eVMjt/"]Harry Hall[/a] another stroke adrift.[/p][p]Fitzpatrick, 27, fourth and ninth in two solo starts since sharing a pairs victory with brother Matt to earn his PGA Tour card, was in the hunt before a double bogey at the par-three 17th.[/p][p][b]"It's still very surreal,"[/b] said Fitzpatrick. [b]"I feel like it's crazy to be disappointed but somehow a little disappointed."[/b][/p][p]Fitzpatrick played Quail Hollow regularly while at college at nearby Wake Forest University.[/p]