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With this win: Kristoffer Reitan - Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player
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With this win: Kristoffer Reitan - Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player

Kristoffer Reitan won his second DP World Tour title at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player.

Here, we take a look at what it means.

Player and Reitan

• His second DP World Tour victory on his 86th start, following his maiden win at the 2025 Soudal Open 196 days ago

• His second win in the calendar year and completes wins in back-to-back seasons

• Becomes he first Norwegian winner of the Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player, on his debut appearance

• Only the third player to go on to win the event after holding the 54-hole lead (since it became part of the Race to Dubai in 2014) after Marc Leishman (2016) and Max Homa (2023)

• Enters the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World in first place on 665 points

• Moves to 33rd on the Official World Golf Ranking, up from 59th. His best previous ranking was 54th, first reached in October 2025. On December 8, 2024 he was 443rd

• The first win for a Norwegian player on the Race to Dubai since his own win at the Soudal Open in May

• The fourth win for a player from Norway on the DP World Tour

• Joins Viktor Hovland as the Norwegian player with the most wins on the DP World Tour on two apiece

• Also won the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final supported by the R&A in 2024

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