Connor Godsey eagles late, builds cushion for Riviera Open win worth 12k

Key Highlights

• Their runner-up tie was worth $4,500 to both. Connor Godsey's rounds of 62-67 earned him $12,000 for winning the 65th Riviera Open. Monagle, who started the day seven back, caught Godsey at one point on the back nine, thanks to a run of six straight birdies starting on the 12th.
• Godsey had regained the lead by one when he hit 7-iron to five feet on the 17th and made the eagle putt. Godsey was 1-under through eight holes Sunday before kickstarting his round with a chip-in eagle on the short, par-4 ninth.
• He made eagle where even birdie was looking like a chore after he short-sided himself left of the green behind a bunker.
• But a lob with his 60-degree wedge found the cup. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“You never expect it to go in from there,” he said later.
• “I wasn’t hitting it well by any means, but I made that for eagle on nine and kinda got going after that.”Jonathan Yaun and Clay Amlung tied for fourth at 10 under.