Kristoffer Reitan held off playing partners Jayden Schaper and Dan Bradbury to secure his second DP World Tour title on a nerve-shredding final day of the 2026 Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player.
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Reitan began the day with a commanding five-shot lead but left the door wide open for the chasing pack as he struggled for consistency.
The Norwegian mixed four birdies with three bogeys on the front nine to hold a four-shot lead at the turn but, as he parred the first five holes of the back nine, Schaper and Bradbury closed the gap to two.
Reitan piled further pressure on himself as he bogeyed the 15th to sit just one clear but managed to hang on, parring his way home to close out a wire-to-wire victory by one shot, and become the first Norwegian winner of the event.
His level-par 71 was enough to get to 17 under par, one clear of home favourite Schaper and Englishman Bradbury.
“I had a lot of nerves today. The feeling of getting it done is betetr than any feeling I can describe!”
A very honest interview from the champion Kristoffer Reitan after winning in Sun City 🙌#NGC2025 pic.twitter.com/TNdPgVHUVX
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) December 7, 2025
Reitan has enjoyed a stellar 2025, winning his maiden DP World Tour title at the Soudal Open and earning dual membership with the PGA TOUR. He has now won twice in the calendar year and in back-to-back seasons.
Reitan made a shaky start on Sunday morning as he bogeyed the first but got the shot back from close range on the second.
Another bogey followed at the third before he rolled in a 13-foot birdie putt on the fifth to lead by three shots on 17 under.
Having been unable to save par on the short seventh, he bounced back with a long-range birdie at the eighth before making another from close range on the ninth to turn in 35.
But as he fought hard to avoid dropping shots on the back nine, Schaper and Bradbury found the birdies they required to eat into his lead.
And when Reitan bogeyed the 15th after failing to get out of the rough with his third shot, the chasing pair were just one back.
But he regained his composure and parred each of the final three holes to keep his playing partners at bay and add a second DP World Tour crown to the one he won in Belgium in May.
The victory rounded off a sensational day for Scandinavian golf, following Dane Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen’s win at the Crown Australian Open.
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