Michelle Wie seals maiden major

However, Wie held it together and watched her playing partner unravel through the final 18 holes. Yang double-bogeyed the second hole and bogeyed the par-4 fifth and

never seemed to recover after dropping three shots back.

Wie then pared eight consecutive holes after her opening bogey and looked like she would start to separate herself from the pack with a 10-foot eagle putt on the tenth.

“As soon as you try to start forcing things on this golf course, it usually goes the other way.”

But world No.1 Stacy Lewis exuded her fighter mentality on the back nine to make things interesting. Lewis, who finished with a 4-under 66 to tie the championship low round, had eight birdies on Sunday, the most by a player in a single round this week.

“I wasn’t looking at leaderboards very much,” said Lewis. “ I kind of glanced at them here and there but I wasn’t watching, just because as soon as you try to start forcing things on this golf course, it usually goes the other way.

“I was trying to do the best I could, make birdies when I hit good shots into there. But you can’t force things, I mean it’s just the course plays.”