Nathan Andrew Green is an Australian professional golfer.
Education
He finished 5th in his first event on the Professional Golf Association 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.
Career
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 Professional Golf Association Tour of Australasia, and the Canadian Tour during the Australian winter. Having failed to gain his Professional Golf Association 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 Professional Golf Association Tour for 2006.
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 Professional Golf Association Tour victory came at the 2009 Royal Bank of Canada Canadian Open where he defeated Retief Goosen on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. Goosen had to sink a nine-foot par putt to extend the playoff but he missed it, giving Green the victory.
After Green"s exemption expired, he earned his Professional Golf Association Tour card through Q School, but only finished 163rd on the 2012 money list.
He split the 2013 season between the Professional Golf Association Tour and Web.com Tour. Professional Golf Association Tour wins (1) European Tour wins (1) Professional Golf Association Tour of Australasia wins (2) Canadian Tour wins (1) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10. World Cup (representing Australia): 2007.