Nathan Green (golfer)

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Nathan Green
Personal information
Full nameNathan Andrew Green
Born (1975-05-13) 13 May 1975 (age 49)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Coal Point, New South Wales, Australia
Plano, Texas, U.S.[ citation needed ]
Career
Turned professional1998
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Canadian Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking 77 (7 January 2007) [1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
European Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament 48th: 2010
PGA Championship T23: 2007
U.S. Open CUT: 2006, 2007
The Open Championship CUT: 2001, 2011

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

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Born in New South Wales' second-most-populous city, Newcastle, Nathan Green 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 Ranking 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. [2]

After Green's exemption expired, he earned his PGA Tour card through Q School, but only finished 163rd on the 2012 money list. He split the 2013 season between the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour. Green has not played a PGA Tour-sanctioned event since 2015, instead choosing to compete on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
127 Jul 2009 RBC Canadian Open −18 (68-65-69-68=270)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2006 Buick Invitational Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal, Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods Woods won with par on second extra hole
Green eliminated by par on first hole
2 2009 RBC Canadian Open Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen Won with par on second extra hole

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
13 Dec 2006
(2007 season)		 Blue Chip New Zealand Open 1−5 (71-67-76-65=279)2 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Campbell, Flag of England.svg Nick Dougherty,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Fraser, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarrod Moseley,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wade Ormsby, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Rumford

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
13 Dec 2006 Blue Chip New Zealand Open 1−5 (71-67-76-65=279)2 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Campbell, Flag of England.svg Nick Dougherty,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Fraser, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarrod Moseley,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wade Ormsby, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Rumford

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Canadian Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
16 Aug 2000 Benefit Partners/NRCS Classic −7 (67-74-68-72=281)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Doug LaBelle II, Flag of the United States.svg Grant Masson

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Masters Tournament 48
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship CUTCUT
PGA Championship T49T23T63
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament20062007200820092010
The Players Championship T66T16CUTT71CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament200720082009
Match Play
Championship T58
Invitational T64
Champions T62
  Did not play

"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 1 2007 Ending 7 Jan 2007" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Perkins, Dave (28 July 2009). "It's not easy beating Green on 18". Toronto Star. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
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