Reitan wins after almost leaving it for YouTube, Snedeker’s well-earned victory, and the first shot at the PGA Championship.

Kristoffer Reitan made his 15th career PGA Tour start last week at the Truist Championship, and left Quail Hollow on Sunday $3.6 million richer as the winner of a signature event and a player who already has a map for his foreseeable future. That’s not too bad for a guy who was thinking a lot about making golf a full-time YouTuber three years ago.

At Myrtle Beach, 2,821 days were broken when Brandt Snedeker earned his first win on the PGA Tour since 2018. The Nashville native was overcome with emotion, and given what his body has been through in recent years, it was certainly understandable to see the tears flow. The 45-year-old Snedeker winning the Tour in 2026 was not on anyone’s bingo card.

As time somehow keeps moving faster and faster, we have already reached the second major tournament of the year. That music you’re hearing is by Michael Block. It’s PGA Championship week, and for the first time in a long time, there’s some juice behind it because of the venue, and we’ve got a few first thoughts to get to before diving head first into the rest of the week’s content.

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Take a bow, Brandt Snedeker

No disrespect to Kristoffer Reitan, but when Brandt Snedeker wins a golf tournament, he gets the all-time best spot on Par Talk.

Like every other golf kid born in the early 1990s, Tiger Woods was a boy I’m still growing up. Still, when I started taking the game seriously as a teenager and started looking beyond the front page of the leaderboards, the guy in the Tour Visor who made every single putt he looked at became my favorite player to watch. It has been that way ever since.

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Still, I still have vivid memories of watching Snedeker get his first win in 2007 from the quaint clubhouse of the nine-hole course with my dad and friends in my hometown. I sure as hell remember the 2008 Masters when he dumped it in the creek in front of the 13th green on both Saturday and Sunday before finishing T-3. Trevor Immelman went on to win by three shots in 2008 with Snedeker shooting a 77 in the final round.

My dad, brother, and I got a 2008 Masters hat signed by Immelman and Snedeker later that year.

Snedeker cried like a baby during a brief press conference following his heartbreak at Augusta in ’08. That video was sitting on YouTube somewhere. Maybe it was removed so it wouldn’t hit my algorithm again.

Fast forward 18 years, with a FedEx Cup trophy in his hat and a Presidents Cup captain’s title to his name, Snedeker cried like a baby again. The Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach may not be the stage for Augusta National, but as the site of his 10th Tour victory and first in nearly eight years, it’s special for Snedeker.

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Snedeker had surgery on her uterus in 2022 where doctors removed a bone from her hip, opened her sternum and constructed, and built a new one in its place from a piece of hip bone. In addition, the undefeated Father Time reared its ugly head, and it looked like the top district might be the next time Snedeker would have a real chance to win a tournament.

There was some light in 2026, but it all came down to the Myrtle Beach area with a pair of 66s and 67s to get one shot at victory over Mark Hubbard. Snedeker did it in typical fashion, ranking 74th off the tee and fourth in putting.

“Not having my card in the last few years, I’m struggling to do what I love, you know, I still love to play this game the way I want to play it and show people how I can still do it, especially not playing my way and I’m struggling the way I did to come back and fight, hit my goal and play good golf this year even though people thought he never succeeded,” said S.

“I knew I was playing well. I just couldn’t put it all together. I hope it shows something to my family, my kids. You know, ten wins here is an accomplishment. It’s something I’m proud of.”

That quote from Sneds says it all.

Kristoffer Reitan Suddenly Stood Out On The Scene

The 28-year-old Norwegian has been playing solid golf over the past month, finishing three out of fifteen in his four appearances leading up to the Truist Championship, but to earn his first Tour win in a signature event on golf’s biggest course? Come on.

Some might say that Reitan had the opportunity to not face any big-name players on Sunday, as it was Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick and Sungjae Im who met him in the final round. On the flip side, Reitan played his way up the board, while others didn’t, and he can’t be criticized for that.

Reitan’s final round of 69 was enough to get the job done in two shots at Quail Hollow, and it’s hard not to be impressed with his play down the stretch. Back-to-back birdies on 14 and 15, followed by three free pars to close things out, is easier said than done.

Kristoffer Reitan of Norway holds the trophy after the final round of the Truist Championship at Quail Hollow Club on May 10, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Tracy Wilcox/PGA TOUR via Getty Images) (Tracy Wilcox/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)

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He was very lucky on the 4th 16th with his tee shot somehow avoiding the fairway bunker, but every winner gets a lucky break; he just arrived with a few turns to go.

In 15 career starts on Tour, Reitan has made 11 cuts, earned a victory in a signature event and has made nearly $5.3 million. Not a bad way to bounce back after almost giving up professional golf and YouTube.

“I was there, at that time (in 2022), thinking whether I want to continue playing or not. So, yes, I just had thoughts about how to make the game more fun, a little more relaxed,” said Reittan following his victory.

“Yeah, I think YouTube golf would have given me maybe some of that fun competition back, maybe not serious competition, if that makes sense. So I was just trying to find ways to make it more fun to give my golf journey a little more energy, and try to have fun while I’m playing so that I can endure the next hardship, of course, with professional golf.”

It’s safe to say that you made the right decision by continuing to pursue professional golf.

A (Exciting?) PGA Championship Week is here

It’s amazing how something so simple, yet so important, can make a golf tournament so much more interesting.

With each of the previous PGA tournaments played on golf courses we’re all familiar with (Valhalla and Quail Hollow), this week’s event has a lot of excitement about it because we haven’t seen Aronimink since the 2018 BMW Championship.

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland hits a drive on the third hole during the third round of the 2026 Truist Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 09, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Couple that with the fact that it feels like the biggest open tournament we’ve had in years, and we can expect some fireworks, which isn’t often said when it comes to the PGA Championship.

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Who knows what kind of Scottie Scheffler we are getting? Rory McIlroy just shot a 75 on Saturday at Quail Hollow. Is his game in good enough shape to win big number 7? What about the LIV guys? Aronimink should be a good fit for Bryson DeChambeau’s game, but are we sure he cares? It’s the biggest tournament in the Northeast; therefore, the red-hot Cameron Young should be relieved.

We don’t really know what to expect from Aronimink this week, and levels of uncertainty like this are needed every now and then, and that’s the case in major tournaments.