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Sunday 10 May 2026PGA TourYear in Review
Reitan wins Truist Championship
Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 May 2026 · Kristoffer Reitan’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $20,000,000 USD · Truist
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/15°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 46 · 32.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/11°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/13°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/15°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Rickie Fowler USA · 271Started seven back, shot 30 on the front nine to take the lead, then missed a 6-foot birdie putt on 16 and bogeyed 18 from the rough; closed 65. AP via theScore
- Nicolai Højgaard DEN · 271Was part of a four-way tie for the lead before bogeying the 16th to fall two back. AP via theScore
72 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
Truist Championship
Quail Hollow Club, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Kristoffer Reitan
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press (via theScore)
10 May 2026
This feeling is just unreal.
The Charlotte Post
10 May 2026
I came from the DP World Tour where people were starting to recognize me as a good player, and then I came over here, and I just started from scratch.
The Charlotte Post
10 May 2026
I think YouTube golf would have given me maybe some fun competitiveness back, maybe not the serious competitiveness, if that makes sense.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristoffer Reitan | 66 · 70 · 64 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
| T2 | Rickie Fowler | 74 · 63 · 69 · 65 | 271 | −13 |
| T2 | Nicolai Højgaard | 66 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| 4 | Alex Fitzpatrick | 67 · 68 · 64 · 73 | 272 | −12 |
| T5 | J.J. Spaun | 69 · 70 · 65 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T5 | Tommy Fleetwood | 67 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T5 | Sungjae Im | 64 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
| T8 | Ludvig Åberg | 69 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 274 | −10 |
| T8 | Harry Hall | 66 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Patrick Cantlay | 72 · 68 · 66 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Matt McCarty | 63 · 74 · 68 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Cameron Young | 68 · 70 · 63 · 74 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1998-03-08, Oslo, Norway; NOR; turned pro 2018; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 48 that week (OWGR rank entering the week (rankBefore 48 -> rankAfter 25), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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