Nathan is spending this week at his home at Craig Ranch in McKinney near Dallas as he prepares for his debut at Augusta.

As is so often the case with Masters debutantes he has family and friends keen to be in Augusta with him and Nathan has several family members arriving from Australian this week.

"I will be practicing every day from tomorrow," said Nathan on Tuesday evening US time. "I will play a few games later in the week before heading across.

Nathan's caddie Shannon will also have a few of his friends at Augusta next week and so Nathan has been busy organising tickets for for what promises to be quite a cheer squad.         

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