A final round of one under 69 has seen Nathan finish in a share of 9th place at the US Bank Championship, the US104,000 taking his season's earnings to US1.33 million.

Nathan started the last day in fifth place and five behind the leader and eventual winner Corey Pavin and made a good start with birdies at the 5th and 6th holes to be at fourteen under and within four.

The ninth hole would prove to be costly.  After his tee shot  had him perfectly set up for a short pitch to perhaps go to three under and within three, he hit an awful pitch from 93 yards which found the bunker and the eventual bogey saw him slip back.

Nathan grabbed that shot back at the par five 16th but then bogeyed the 17th to remain at thirteen under. There were several players on 13 under and so a birdie at the last was potentially worth a lot of money. Nathan's drive along the left hand side just failed to get back on the fairway and from there he could only lay up. He hit a poor pitch again from 115 yards and could only get it to 30 feet from the hole.

He did manage to two putt for his round of 69 but it was a day that could well have been a lot better. Still he has recorded his fifth top ten of the year and as he heads across to the Buick Open at Warwick Hills in Michigan for this week's event, he is bouyed by the fact that he continues to perform well.

photo PGA Tour/ WireIamge 

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