RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. wholesale jerseys . -- Lexi Thompson went after it at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, smashing driver on every hole she could. Michelle Wie reined in her power, hitting conservative fairway-metal stingers and only occasionally letting loose with the driver. Thompson ended up cannonballing into Poppies Pond late Sunday afternoon in the traditional victory leap, while Wie was left to wonder about her strategy. "I play this course very aggressively," the 19-year-old Thompson said. "I didnt want to change the way I played the last few days because my driver wont get me in any trouble on a lot of the holes. So, laying back wouldnt really make sense. "The greens were a little firmer, so even with a wedge in your hand you had to play for quite a bit of bounce out. I figured the closer I could get, even if I was in the rough, I could get it pretty close to the hole." Thompson birdied four of the first nine holes to open a five-stroke lead and parred the final nine for a 4-under 68 for a three-stroke victory over Wie. "This is what Ive worked so hard for," Thompson said. "This was one of my goals coming into the year, to win a major. Ive always seen myself winning a Kraft Nabisco. Its such a huge honour with all the history behind the tournament." Wie birdied the final hole for a 71. She used her driver only four times, choosing to hit fairway woods on the other 10 driving holes -- leaving her as much as 60 yards behind Thompson. When both hit 3-woods, Thompson also had the advantage. "I stuck with my game plan and I think it was the right play," Wie said. "Who knows? In hindsight you would do something here or do something there, make a putt there. Thats the way golf is. I just couldnt get anything going today." Thompson finished at 14-under 274 at Mission Hills for her fourth LPGA Tour victory. She opened with a 73, shot a tournament-best 64 on Friday and had a 69 on Saturday to tie for the lead with Wie at 10 under. The 6-foot Florida player had only one bogey -- when she missed a 3-footer on the par-5 18th Saturday -- in her last 55 holes. "When I had a bad hole, Id just fight right back," Thompson said. "Or if I hit a bad shot, just know that I can get it up-and-down or get it on the green." Five years after she first played the event as a 14-year-old amateur, Thompson became the second-youngest major winner at 19 years, 1 month, 27 days. Morgan Pressel set the mark in 2007 at Mission Hills at 18 years, 10 months, 9 days. "It has been an honour to play at this tournament so many years," Thompson said. "Only being 19 and to win it is the biggest honour ever." Thompson has three victories in her last 12 starts, winning in Malaysia and Mexico late last season. She also won the 2011 Navistar LPGA at 16 to become the youngest winner in tour history, a mark broken by Lydia Ko in the 2012 Canadian Womens Open. "Im really looking forward to the future," Thompson said. The 24-year-old Wie won the last of her two tour titles in 2010. "Im just proud of myself for how the week went," Wie said. Sixteen-year-old amateur Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., shot a 74 and finished in a tie for 26th. Thompson hammered a drive 40 yards past Wies 3-wood on the par-4 opening hole and took the lead with a 15-foot birdie putt. Wie pulled even with a birdie on the par-5 second, then bogeyed the par-4 third -- missing from 6 feet after leaving a chip short. Thompson birdied Nos. 4 and 5. She hit a 3-wood 30 yards past Wies 3-wood and made a 12-foot putt on the par-4 fourth, and holed a 5-footer on the par-3 fifth. Thompson picked up another stroke on the par-3 eighth when Wie missed a 2-foot par putt, and pushed her lead to five with an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-5 ninth. Wie birdied the first two holes where she used her driver, hitting it past Thompson on Nos. 2 and 11 -- both par 5s. Wie also hit driver on the par-4 13th, setting up a wedge that she hit to 4 feet. But she left the birdie putt short to remain four strokes back. "I think it got to a point where I just tried too hard," Wie said. Wie cut it to three on No. 14, holing a 12-footer, but dropped a stroke on the 17th. "Lexi played amazing," Wie said. "She played probably the best Ive ever seen her play. She hit the ball so well. ... It was just hard to catch up to her all day." Stacy Lewis, the 2011 winner, had a 67 to finish third at 7 under. DIVOTS: Minjee Lee, the 17-year-old Australian who tops the amateur ranking and is 110th overall, was the low amateur. She shot a 72 to tie for 24th at even par. Lee won the Australian professional tours Victorian Open in February. ... Inbee Park, the 2013 champion, had a 75 to tie for 38th at 4 over. cheap china jerseys .S. Open on Wednesday as he recovers from back surgery that has kept him out of golf for nearly three months. cheap nfl jerseys china . The Vikings announced Saturday they downgraded Peterson from doubtful on the original injury report to out against Detroit Sunday, when the Vikings and Lions will play the last game at the Metrodome. BOSTON -- After picking up his second penalty of the game -- one that led to a New Jersey power-play goal -- Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand was benched for the last nine minutes of the second period. Just six seconds into the third, he showed that he got the message. "March is a guy that plays on the edge. Every once in a while he crosses that line," Bruins coach Claude Julien said Tuesday night after Marchand responded to his benching with his fourth goal in three games to give the Bruins a 4-3 win over the Devils. "It was a message sent that he cant put us in that situation. The character he has, he didnt say a word. He just responded with a solid third period." Marchand scored after breaking for the net off the opening faceoff of the third, and Benoit Pouliot broke a tie with 3:01 left to give the Bruins their sixth consecutive victory. Tim Thomas stopped 27 shots to help the defending Stanley Cup champions move into the playoff hunt after spending the early part of the season at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. "There were a lot of distractions at the start of the year. Maybe we werent really focused on doing the job of being the Stanley Cup champions," Marchand said. "Now we realize how hard we have to battle every night." Marchand picked up a penalty for goalie interference in the first period, then another for roughing in the second that led to David Clarksons goal that put New Jersey up 1-0. Marchand spent the rest of the period on the bench. But he came off the faceoff in the third, took a pass from Zdeno Chara and curled into the New Jersey zone before beating Johan Hedberg to make it 2-1 -- Bostons first lead of the game. "Any time you get benched, the message is being sent to you. You want to respond," Marchand said. "Everyone wants to show that they can be depended on." Hedberg made 33 saves and Nick Palmieri scored twice for the Devils, who had won four of their past five. Chris Kelly and Shawn Thornton also scored for the Bruins, who have 34 goals in their past six games. cheap jerseys from china. But it was still 3-3 when Pouliot knocked in the rebound of Rich Peverleys shot from the blue line. "To our credit, we pushed back every time they got one," Devils coach Peter DeBoer said. 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Nathan Horton hit the crossbar with 7:13 left, and with 3 1/2 minutes left Peverley got one to trickle through Hedbergs pads but the Devils were able to pounce on the loose puck as it sat behind him. Notes: Marchand extended his point-scoring streak to nine in six games. ... Patrik Elias snapped his seven-game point streak, which had been tied for the longest in the NHL this season. ... Thomas (Quebec) and Hedberg (Philadelphia) were taken 217th and 218th overall in the ninth round of the 1994 draft. Neither goalie ever played for the franchise that drafted them. ... Bruins Johnny Boychuk, Andrew Ference, Nathan Horton, Milan Lucic and Dennis Seidenberg each bought US$5,000 worth of tickets to the game for local military members and their families. The game was broadcast to a Massachusetts National Guard unit in Afghanistan. cheap jerseys ' ' '
