Brandt Snedeker Ends 2,821-Day PGA Tour Drought with Myrtle Beach Victory

Kristoffer Reitan won the Truist Championship last week for $3.6 million, marking his first PGA Tour victory in his 15th career start at Quail Hollow. The 28-year-old Norwegian nearly quit professional golf three years ago for full-time YouTube content.

Brandt Snedeker snapped a 2,821-day winless streak with a one-shot victory over Mark Hubbard at Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach. The 45-year-old Nashville native posted rounds of 66 and 67, ranking fourth in putting despite 74th in driving distance.

Snedeker underwent experimental sternum surgery in 2022. Doctors removed bone from his hip, cut open his sternum and rebuilt it with the hip bone. He cried after the win, his 10th on Tour and first since 2018.

"To not have my card the last couple of years, to be struggling to do what I love, you know, to still have a passion to play this game the way I want to play it and to show people how I can still do it, especially not playing my best and struggling the way I did to come back and fight, claw my way back and play some great golf this year even though it hasn't seemed like it to people outside," Snedeker said.

"I knew I was playing well. I just hadn't been able to put it all together. Hopefully it shows my family, my kids something. Just, you know, ten wins out here is an accomplishment. Something I'm very proud of."

Reitan entered the Truist with three top-15 finishes in four starts. He shot 69 in the final round to win by two over the field that included Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick and Sungjae Im. Back-to-back birdies on 14 and 15 set him up, with pars to finish. His tee shot on the par-4 16th avoided a fairway bunker.

In 15 Tour starts, Reitan made 11 cuts and nearly $5.3 million. "I was, at that point (in 2022), considering whether or not I wanted to continue playing professionally," he said. "Yeah, I think YouTube golf would have given me maybe some of that fun competitiveness back, maybe not the serious competitiveness, if that makes sense. So I was just trying to find ways to make it more fun to give my journey in golf a little bit of energy, and trying to have fun while I'm playing so that I can endure the hardships that follow, yeah, with professional golf."

The PGA Championship arrives this week at Aronimink, a course last seen in major competition during the 2018 BMW Championship. Questions surround Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau ahead of the wide-open field.