;)
The unimaginable return of Kristoffer Reitan had a deeper meaning
Getty Images
Sunday should not be Kristoffer Reitan’s Day, but sometimes golf gives unimaginable.
The Norwegian 27-year-old began the last round of Soudal Open of the DP’s Soudal Open by the superiority set by Ewen Ferguson of Scotland. A victory was not in Reitan’s mind when he left early in Rinkven International GC in Antwerp, Belgium.
Reitan Zogu I first, but withdrew from the third to get his round at a ho-hum start. Then came the flood: Reitan poured into nine birds in his last 15 holes to shoot a 62-year-old record course and after the club’s lead on 13 under.
Ferguson kept the superiority when he entered Tee at 18, but a second weak shot flew over the green and against the ancestor. Ferguson failed to get up and down, placing a three-pantic off Play with Reitan and Darius Van Drail.
All three players made the first in the first hole of the Play off, and the trio hit their approaches to the second hole of the Play off within the bird distance. Van Drail and Ferguson both lost their poultry puts, which opened the door to Reitan to catch one day no one was coming. Norwegian gave a safe blow and rolled in the 15 -legged bird site to search for his first tournament title in the DP.
After the victory, Reitan had a difficult time to find the words to describe his impossible victory.
A few years back, he approached to give up golf when he no longer found joy in the game he once loved. With that spark gone, he set his clubs for a while and only chose them to hit the shots with friends. He even thought of entering the Golf waters on YouTube.
But as is often the case, Reitan rediscovered the feeling without really asking. Taking clubs when he wanted to – hit the shooting he wanted – allowed him to return to his love for the game. A few years later, he found himself pumping the fist in Belgium, as he finally reached an eternal dream.
“I don’t know what to say,” Reitan said after victory. “It has been a dream of mine since I was a little kid. I continue to think again a few years ago when I was thinking of stopping to play because I didn’t see it more fun, I saw no progress, and be able to turn it on the way I did the last two years has been amazing – to seal it with victory here is ridiculous.”
Reitan did not wake up on Sunday dreaming of an important comeback to grab a trophy in Belgium. He reached the course just hoping to merge some good shakes and have something to build the entrance to the next event. Just trying to put one foot in front of the other, one swings after the other. Then, the round began to build until a Krescedo arrived a few hours later, with Reitan being the last man staying in Belgium.
;)
