Pebble Beach National Pro-am

Dustin Johnson retains title with last-hole birdie

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Dustin Johnson retained his AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am title in a wire-to-wire victory courtesy of a birdie at the 72nd hole in California.
The 25-year-old lifted his third US PGA Tour title and second at Pebble Beach, sealing the win despite a final round 74 which completed a 16 under par total.
David Duval and JB Holmes were tied for second at 15 under, while Steve Marino was alone in fourth, two shots further back.
Johnson recorded scores of 64, 68 and 64 in the first three rounds to set up a final round shootout with Paul Goydos, with the duo four shots clear on 18 under.
But Goydos' challenge faltered and Johnson's was in danger of suffering the same fate.
The day began badly, with Johnson bogeying the par-four first before an eagle three at the sixth was cancelled out by a double bogey six at the ninth.
Further bogeys at the 12th and the 17th left Johnson in a three-way tie for the lead with Duval and Holmes and a play-off looming, but he coolly made a birdie four at the par-five 18th to finish on two over for the day and retain his title.
While Johnson survived a final round scare, the anticipated duel with Goydos did not materialise.
Goydos completed a six-over 78 to finish tied for fifth on 12 under, carding two birdies, four bogeys and a nine at the par five 14th which ended his challenge.
Duval carded six birdies and three bogeys in his three-under-par final round 69 and Holmes signed for a 71.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 286 (3x72, 1x70)
270 Dustin Johnson 64 68 64 74
271 J B Holmes 65 67 68 71, David Duval 67 68 67 69
273 Steve Marino 68 67 67 71
274 Paul Goydos 67 65 64 78, J.P. Hayes 68 71 63 72, Josh Teater 70 67 68 69
275 Phil Mickelson 68 67 69 71, Tom Gillis 69 68 69 69
276 Bryce Molder 67 65 68 76, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 68 68 70, Alex Cejka (Ger) 65 67 69 75, Matthew Jones (Aus) 67 67 66 76, D.J. Trahan 67 67 69 73, Blake Adams 65 74 66 71
277 Bob Estes 69 68 72 68, Brian Gay 66 73 69 69, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 65 71 71, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 69 67 69 72, Steve Elkington (Aus) 68 67 71 71
278 Scott McCarron 70 66 71 71, K J Choi (Kor) 65 70 68 75, Jonathan Byrd 70 70 70 68, Tom Pernice junior 67 69 67 75, Greg Owen (Eng) 71 67 66 74, Brandt Snedeker 72 68 66 72
279 Nick Watney 71 66 70 72, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 70 67 73, John Senden (Aus) 67 71 68 73, Alex Prugh 68 68 69 74, Kevin Streelman 65 69 72 73, Charlie Wi (SKor) 68 74 66 71, Jeff Maggert 65 75 66 73, Matthew Every 73 69 68 69, Rickie Fowler 67 71 71 70
280 Pat Perez 68 71 71 70, Charley Hoffman 64 75 68 73, Jeff Quinney 70 71 67 72, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 76 66 65 73, Heath Slocum 71 67 71 71, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 69 72 64 75, Will MacKenzie 70 67 73 70, Vijay Singh (Fij) 65 71 70 74, Jim Furyk 68 69 69 74, Sean O'Hair 70 70 69 71
281 Spencer Levin 68 69 69 75, Cameron Percy (Aus) 69 70 69 73, Jason Day (Aus) 71 67 72 71, Webb Simpson 67 68 74 72
282 Michael Letzig 67 74 66 75, Robert Garrigus 72 70 66 74
283 Adam Scott (Aus) 73 71 64 75, Vaughn Taylor 69 69 68 77, Mike Weir (Can) 67 70 73 73, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 68 71 67 77
284 Kevin Na 71 65 74 74, Chris Wilson 72 67 70 75, Kris Blanks 72 72 66 74, Garrett Willis 68 68 71 77, Chez Reavie 75 65 70 74
285 Brett Quigley 69 69 71 76, Jay Williamson 70 70 69 76, Jason Gore 69 66 74 76
286 Hunter Mahan 70 73 66 77, Martin Flores 69 70 71 76, Kevin Johnson 70 70 70 76, Ted Purdy 70 69 71 76
290 Roger Tambellini 73 69 68 80
291 John Mallinger 67 72 71 81