Expert picks: RBC Canadian Open

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The RBC Canadian Open will take place at Glen Abbey Golf Club this week. Here's how the PGATOUR.COM experts sized up the top contenders:

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Expert picks: RBC Canadian Open

Expert   Pick order Player selected   Ceri Mobley MIKE WEIR. Sometimes having the first pick is hard. I considered Donald and Villegas and Goosen, but I kept coming back to Weir. We've been let down by sentimental favorites all year; maybe Mike can give us this one.   Helen Ross RETIEF GOOSEN. While all eyes were on Tom Watson last Sunday, I thought the two-time U.S. Open champ might make a move. Turns out he didn't, but I think his game is primed. If Ross had the top pick ... Goosen T.J. Auclair ANTHONY KIM. I know he just missed the cut at the Open Championship, but I think AK is headed in the right direction after his third-place showing in his title defense at AT&T National. Plus, he tied for eighth last year in Canada. If Auclair had the top pick ...Weir Ryan Smithson SEAN O'HAIR. Lauren wanted to pick Luke Donald with the fifth pick, so I am going to pass him up. O'Hair has not played well since winning the Quail Hollow Championship, but, like a lot of players on TOUR, he loves Glen Abbey. Do me proud. If Smithson had the top pick ... Goosen Lauren Deason LUKE DONALD. His tie for fifth at last week's British Open was no fluke -- the Englishman has seven top-15s this year. The TOUR's leader in putting average, Donald will need another exceptional week with the flat stick if he hopes to pick up his first win since '06. If Deason had the top pick ... Weir Brian Wacker STEVE MARINO. You knock on the door enough, eventually it's going to get answered. Marino has certainly done that this season with seven top-20s -- three of them top-10s. He also led the field in birdies last year at Glen Abbey and finished third. If Wacker had the top pick ... Goosen Mark Spoor MATHEW GOGGIN. Goggin was in the final pairing with Tom Watson at Turnberry last week. As it was, he tied for fifth. Some may say he might be fatigued this week; I think he'll be energized after such a good run. If Spoor had the top pick ... Weir Win McMurry CAMILO VILLEGAS. Since winning in back-to-back starts at the end of the season in 2008, Camilo is still looking to bring back that magic in 2009. I feel he is close after tying for 13th at the British Open. The Colombian has two career top-fives in Canada. If McMurry had the top pick ... Goosen Mike McAllister KEVIN NA. He quietly has seven top-10s in 18 starts this season and is 20th in FedExCup points. I wish his driving stats were better (144th in distance, 100th in accuracy), but he did tie for eighth at Glen Abbey last year. If McAllister had the top pick ... Kim John Swantek BRANDT SNEDEKER. After a nagging rib injury hampered about two months of his season, his game is healthy and coming on. I'm willing to throw out last week's missed cut at the British Open and instead focus on the T7 and T5 the two weeks before that. If Swantek had the top pick ... Goosen

LAST WEEK: With her pick of Lee Westwood, who tied for third at the British Open, Ceri Mobley closed the gap between herself and Win McMurry -- in the No. 1 spot -- to just over 100 FedExCup points. Each week, we'll update the standings based on the FedExCup points accumulated by the players selected by our experts. Here's how it stands after Week 28: