On the issue of her play down the stretch:
- Sony 04, she finished excellently as stated, and actually thought she had made the cut when she sunk her putt.
- Sony 05, not in contention.
- John Deere Classic, played brilliantly, but appeared to be playing at her absolute optimum level. This is very difficult for anyone to maintain for a full two rounds. I stated before that if her optimum was some shots better she should make the cut alot easier. It is not easy trying to make a cut when you need to play you absolute best the whole way just to do it.
Also, despite her beautiful play, she missed many makable birdie putts which would have given her that cushion.
Furthermore, she showed some immaturity in trying to go for too much coming down the stretch. So saying the John Deere was down to pressure is not looking at all the facts.

- Casio Open, 2 bogeys in the last 2 holes, especially considering that the last hole wasn't a particularly difficult par 5, suggests that it has to be pressure related.

- Sony Open 06, here she simply played badly in round 1. Where a more experienced player might have not dropped so many shots, in order to still be in with a chance, she let too many shots cheaply slip away. That meant her great performance on the 2nd day wasn't enough to rescue the situation. She learned a valuable lesson from that experience.

She has learned valuable lessons in each of her pga tour expeiences.
When Tiger missed his first 7 pga tour cuts, I would say that he probably learned lots of valuable lessons too, which helped his career.