Nathan has an early tee time at the US Bank Championship at the Brown Deer Golf Club in Milwaukee.

Nathan will tee it up in the first group off  at 7.15 when he will play with Nicholas Thompson and Brian Davis.

This is the third year in which Nathan has played the US$4 million event  having made the cut on each occasion and with a best of 9th on his debut in 2006. That year he recorded a second round of 64 to be well positioned heading into the weekend before finishing seven shots behind the winner Corey Pavin.

Another incentive for Nathan in being here this week is the fact that he is currently tied for second in the Kodak Challenge, an event that offfers US1 million in prizemoney to the scoring leader in the best 18 of 30 selected holes on Tour in 2009.

At this week's tournament  the nominated hole is the par four 18th. Leading the Kodak Challenge at present is the Kevin Streelman, one ahead of Nathan and Chris Di Marco.  

photo shows Nathan during 2006 US Bank Championship

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