Chris Riley won his first USPGA Tour title with a play-off victory in the Reno-Tahoe Open on Sunday.

He followed up his third place in the PGA Championship by beating Jonathan Kaye with a par on the opening sudden-death hole.

Riley actually two-putted from eight feet on the play-off hole 18th at the Montreux Golf and Country Club in Reno.

Kaye then had a five-footer to take the contest to a second hole.

But his effort lipped out to give his opponent the $540,000 prize.

Tied for the lead with Steve Flesch at 12 under after three rounds, Riley and Kaye shot matching 5-under 67s to tie the tournament record of 17-under 271.

Kaye bogeyed the 636-yard, par-five 17th to allow Riley back into a tie for the lead.

And he then had a chance to win in regulation, but narrowly missed an eight-foot birdie putt on the 18th.

And the final hole had more disappointment in store for Kaye when it proved the scene of his defeat in the play-off.

271 Chris Riley 71 66 67 67, Jonathan Kaye 67 68 69 67
275 Charles Howell III 65 73 73 64, JJ Henry 68 69 70 68
276 Brian Gay 7170 68 67
277 Ben Crane 67 67 73 70, Tom Pernice Jr 66 68 73 70, Bob Tway 68 68 70 71, Steve Flesch 70 64 70 73
278 David Peoples 69 68 72 69, Woody Austin 68 71 69 70