Nathan Green

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Nathan Green
Personal information
Full name	Nathan Andrew Green
Born	13 May 1975 (1975-05-13) (age 36) Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (170 lb; 12.0 st)
Nationality	Australia
Residence	Coal Point, NSW, Australia; Plano, Texas, United States
Career
Turned professional	1998
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)	Canadian Tour
Professional wins	4
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
European Tour	1
PGA Tour of Australasia	2
Other	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	48th: 2010
U.S. Open	CUT: 2006, 2007
The Open Championship	CUT: 2001, 2011
PGA Championship	T23: 2007

Nathan Andrew Green (born 13 May 1975) is an Australian professional golfer.

Green was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. He turned professional in 1998. During his early career, he played mostly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, and the Canadian Tour during the Australian winter. In 2000 he won the Queensland PGA Championship in Australia, and the Benefit Partners/NRCS Classic in Canada.

Having failed to gain his PGA Tour card through the qualifying school, Green competed on the second tier Nationwide Tour in the United States in 2002, 2004 and 2005. He ended the 2005 season 18th on the money list, which enabled him to graduate directly to the PGA Tour for 2006. He finished 5th in his first event on the PGA Tour, and in his second, the Buick Invitational, he made his way into a playoff for the title against Tiger Woods and José María Olazábal, but was eliminated at the first extra hole. He finished the year ranked inside the top 50 on the money list.

Green's victory at the New Zealand Open in December 2006 raised him into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time.

Green's first PGA Tour victory came at the 2009 RBC Canadian Open where he defeated Retief Goosen on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. Green almost lost on the first hole but Goosen missed a six-foot birdie putt that would have won the tournament. On the second hole, Green missed a twelve-foot birdie putt to win the tournament but it would not matter. Goosen had to sink a nine-foot par putt to extend the playoff but he missed it, giving Green the victory.^[1]

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	27 Jul 2009	RBC Canadian Open	-18 (68-65-69-68=270)	Playoff	Retief Goosen

PGA Tour playoff record (1-1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2006	Buick Invitational	José María Olazábal, Tiger Woods	Woods won with par on second extra hole Green eliminated with par on first
2	2009	RBC Canadian Open	Retief Goosen	Won with par on second extra hole

European Tour wins (1)

• 2007 Blue Chip New Zealand Open (held in 2006, 2007 European season, co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

• 2000 Queensland PGA Championship
• 2006 Blue Chip New Zealand Open (co-sanctioned with the European Tour)

Canadian Tour wins (1)

• 2000 Benefit Partners/NRCS Classic

Results in major championships

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T49	T23	DNP	T63

Tournament	2010	2011
The Masters	48	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

See also

• 2005 Nationwide Tour graduates

References

1. ^ Perkins, Dave (2009-07-28). "It's not easy beating Green on 18". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/sports/article/672631. Retrieved 2009-07-30. 

External links

• Official website
• Nathan Green at the PGA Tour official site
• Nathan Green at the European Tour official site
• Nathan Green at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
• Nathan Green at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Persondata
Name	Green, Nathan
Alternative names	Green, Nathan Andrew
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	13 May 1975
Place of birth	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death