Stacy Lewis wins year's first major

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Stacy Lewis spent her teen years in a back brace with scoliosis, becoming a star golfer after major corrective surgery. She lost a final-round lead at the U.S. Women's Open in her first pro tournament, but bounced back to become a solid -- albeit winless -- pro.

Lewis' grandfather died the day before the Kraft Nabisco Championship began this week, but she stayed to honor the golf-loving 84-year-old who passed the game down to her.

So when Lewis went head-to-head with the world's top-ranked player Sunday on the back nine at Mission Hills, she quieted her roiling nerves and outplayed Yani Tseng to win the LPGA Tour's first major by three strokes.

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