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Nathan rallies late to make cut at AT&T |
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Written by Bruce Young
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Saturday, 04 July 2009 |
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After an opening round of one over par 71 on Thursday, Nathan needed a solid round today if he was to make the cut at the AT&T National event at Congressional Country Club.
By the time he reached the 13th hole however his chances appeared to have all but disappeared. At that point he was at 4 over and with the cut mark appearing as if it would fall around the 2 over mark he needed to reverse the momentum.
The inspiration came from an unlikely source. After coming up short of the green at the uphill par four 15th he holed from off the green for a birdie to get back to within one of the cutline. A magnificent approach at the par four 17th from over 200 yards to a tight pin set up one last birdie and all he then needed to do was to negotiate the potentially dangerous last to be around for the weekend.
When he missed the fairway right his task was made a little more difficult but he found the green, two putted for par and he will play the weekend.
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Nathan plays Congressional for first time |
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Written by Bruce Young
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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 Nathan plays the Congressional Country Club for the first time this week when he tees it up in the AT&T National event at the famed layout near Washington DC.
"It's a really good course," said Nathan on Wednesday evening. "Its pretty tough and quite long but a very good course. The fairways are soft and the greens were earlier in the week although they seem to be firming up a bit.
"I'm happy enough with my game. I played well the first two rounds last week although the final two rounds were not so good. I'm not saying my game is back but it certainly has been a bit better in recent weeks."
Nathan has an afternoon tee time on day one when he will play with Lee Janzen and J.J. Henry.
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