Niall Lyons flagged Norwegian rookie Kristoffer Reitan as a mega-longshot top-20 bet at 200-1 for the Scottish Open and a name to monitor for Portrush qualification spots. Reitan has exploded over his last seven DP World Tour starts with one win, two runner-ups and a fourth, placing him third in the season-long Race to Dubai card chase behind only Laurie Canter and Martin Kuevr. He ranks top-15 in strokes-gained off the tee and 20th in driving distance, which Lyons says makes his ‘absolute sends-it’ length perfect if Renaissance plays soft and downwind. A streak-y putter gives him ceiling, and Lyons believes a confidence-building top-20 this week would set Reitan up as a legitimate Open sleeper should he earn a spot through Scottish exemptions.

Matt Gannon acknowledged Kristoffer Reitan will likely be the most popular DP World Tour call-up at $6,900 but still labeled him a ‘stud.’ The Norwegian fired rounds of 61 and 63 in consecutive weeks recently, winning once and finishing runner-up the next start thanks to elite distance plus iron play. Gannon warned of ownership concerns yet maintained Reitan's ceiling—a legitimate ability to go 8-under in a single round—makes him viable if gamers embrace chalk or pair him with contrarian builds elsewhere.

Brady Kannon took a speculative stab on Kristoffer Reitan at 175-1. Reitan enters with a win, two runner-up finishes, and a fourth in his last seven DP World Tour starts, signaling elite current form. Kannon highlighted Reitan’s length off the tee and surprisingly strong putting numbers—traits that translate well whether The Renaissance Club plays as a birdie fest or weather-affected grind. Although this is his Scottish Open debut, Kannon believes the hot form and eye-popping odds warrant a small outright ticket.

Ryan Baroff also grabbed Kristoffer Reitan at the same 125-1 ‘without Big Three’ price, calling the Norwegian perhaps the best overall player on the DP World Tour this season. Reitan arrives off a solo fourth and a recent victory that pushed him to three top-5 finishes in his last six starts. Baroff likes how Reitan marries elite driving with a legitimately plus putter—an important combo given Renaissance’s history of rewarding bomb-and-gouge over traditional links craft. He compared the number to past Euro standouts like Thomas Pieters and Jordan Smith, noting those players were rarely longer than 80-1 when running this hot. The unknown is how Reitan handles a co-sanctioned event, but Baroff only needs a top-5 to cash the each-way and thinks the floor is higher than the price suggests.

Gehman admitted he knew little about Kristoffer Reitan until his custom model spit the Norwegian out as the No. 1 or No. 2 course-fit golfer—trailing only Scottie Scheffler—at the Renaissance Club. Reitan hasn’t missed a cut since March and has stacked a runner-up at the Henan Classic, a win at the SoDa, another runner-up in Austria, and a fourth last week. The stat profile reminds Gehman of a "European Max Greyserman": elite off-the-tee power plus a hot putter, with acceptable approach play and slightly positive around-the-green numbers. That combination tends to spike in windy, firm conditions, so Gehman views Reitan as a perfect mid-range leverage piece in both DFS and top-20 betting markets.