Golf-Lowery wins Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in playoff

PEBBLE BEACH, California, Feb 10 (Reuters) - American Steve Lowery clinched his first PGA Tour title in eight years by edging out 2004 champion Vijay Singh in a playoff for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Sunday.

Lowery, 47, birdied the first extra hole on the Pebble Beach Golf Links, the par-five 18th, to earn the winner's cheque for $1.08 million and his third Tour victory.

Three strokes off the pace overnight, Lowery fired a four-under-par 68 to finish the 72 regulation holes level with Singh on 10-under-par 278.

Fijian Singh briefly led by three strokes before making three consecutive bogeys from the 14th but birdied the last for a 71 to force the playoff. (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)