Kristoffer Reitan jumps 46 spots on PGA Tour money list with Truist victory

Kristoffer Reitan made a huge leap on the PGA Tour money list with his victory on May 10 at the Truist Championship.

Earning $3.6 million will do that for you.

Reitan, the second PGA Tour winner ever from Norway, moved from 54^th to eighth in earnings and now has just over $5 million. It was his first PGA Tour title and history shows that several players launched their careers by winning at the Quail Hollow Club, such as Rory McIlroy (2010), Wyndham Clark (2019) and Rickie Fowler (2012).

The PGA Championship is this week at the Aronomink Golf Club and if Reitan plays anything close to the form he showed at the venue of last year’s PGA, he will be a threat to win.

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The other big movers on the money list were Fowler and Nicolai Højgaard, who tied for second, two shots behind Reitan. Fowler moved from 30^th to 15^th on the money list and Hojgaard from 27^th to 13^th with their checks for $1.76 million.

Cameron Young remained on top of the money list, more than $1.2 million ahead of Matt Fitzpatrick. Young was in contention at the Truist until a final-round 74 dropped him into a tie for 10th.

PGA Tour Millionaires Club swells

There are now 71 players who have earned $1 million or more in Tour events this season. Last year, entering the PGA Championship, there were 77 players with $1 million or more.

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• $2 million or more: 43 players.

• $3 million or more: 24 players.

• $4 million or more: 16 players.

• $5 million or more: eight players.

PGA Tour money leaders

Through Truist Championship 

• 1. Cameron Young $ 11,794,670

• 2. Matt Fitzpatrick $ 10,595,425

• 3. Scottie Scheffler $ 10,566,430

• 4. Rory McIlroy $ 6,956,975

• 5. Jacob Bridgeman $ 6,824,450

• 6. Collin Morikawa $ 6,655,930

• 7. Akshay Bhatia $ 6,363,732

• 8. Kristoffer Reitan $ 5,009,728

• 9. Chris Gotterup $ 4,975,544

• 10. Si Woo Kim $ 4,838,855

• 11. Ludvig Åberg $ 4,516,733

• 12. Min Woo Lee $ 4,348,498

• 13. Nicolai Højgaard $ 4,258,569

• 14. Xander Schauffele $ 4,208,988

• 15. Rickie Fowler $ 4,096,076

• 16. Sepp Straka $ 4,045,136

• 17. Kurt Kitayama $ 3,598,421

• 18. Tommy Fleetwood $ 3,567,742

• 19. Justin Rose $ 3,394,486

• 20. J.J. Spaun $ 3,296,522

• 21. Daniel Berger $ 3,091,922

• 22. Jake Knapp $ 3,083,712

• 23. Gary Woodland $ 3,041,434

• 24. Robert MacIntyre $ 3,007,808

• 25. Adam Scott $ 2,982,306

• 26. Russell Henley $ 2,979,816

• 27. Hideki Matsuyama $ 2,916,770

• 28. Alex Fitzpatrick $ 2,832,750

• 29. Matt McCarty $ 2,790,468

• 30. Ryan Gerard $ 2,619,223

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Kristoffer Reitain’s Truist victory sends him soaring on money list