Armour wins second straight Pebble Beach title

Defending champion Tommy Armour III made a 36-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a three-way playoff with Scott Simpson and Brock MacKenzie on Sunday to win the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational.

The 49-year-old Armour, a two-time PGA Tour winner, began the day with a five-stroke lead over Rich Beem. But Armour finished with a 4-over 76 in a round that included four bogeys, a double bogey and two birdies.

Simpson, a former U.S. Open champion, finished with a 70 after beginning the final round trailing Armour by six shots.

MacKenzie, a former Nationwide Tour player without tour status for 2009, rallied from a nine-shot deficit with a …