Matchups Game preview: John Deere Classic

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With AT&T National in the books, another week of the Matchups Game on Facebook comes to a close. The PGA TOUR travels to TPC Deere Run this week for the John Deere Classic, and a whole new list of Matchups has been announced. Our experts at PGATOUR.COM have already made their picks.

To review, each week fans are able to select the players they think will play the best from five head-to-head matchups. Correct picks are awarded two points, ties receive one point, and any fans with a perfect week can earn two bonus points.

At the end of each tournament, fans with a perfect record will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift card for Shop.PGATOUR.COM. The fan with the most accumulated points after the TOUR championship will be awarded at $1,500 shopping spree at Shop.PGATOUR.COM. Click here to sign up to play.

John Deere Classic Matchups

JASON DAY vs. ZACH JOHNSON Thanks to runner-up finishes in the last two majors, Jason leads the International Team in The Presidents Cup standings. How will he do against Zach - a two time member of the U.S. squad and 2007 Masters winner? LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN vs. STEWART CINK Both have won the British Open, but who's more likely to win this Matchup? JONATHAN BYRD vs. JHONATTAN VEGAS These two could jump into the top ten in the FedExCup standings with a good showing at the John Deere Classic - who do you think gets it done? DAVID TOMS vs. STEVE STRICKER Toms leads the TOUR in Driving Accuracy and Proximity to Hole, but will those stats help him best Stricker, the defending champ? PAUL GOYDOS vs. DAVID DUVAL Both guys proved they can take it low by shooting 59's. Goydos shot his in the 1st round last year at TPC Deere Run; Duval's was back in '99 on PGA West's Palmer Course. (This Matchup provided by Sean Martin from Golfweek)

Expert Picks

The editorial staff at PGATOUR.COM will be making their own selections, along with a featured guest each week. See how you match up against our experts.

Accum. Points Day vs. Johnson Oosthuizen vs. Cink Byrd vs. Vegas Toms vs. Stricker Goydos vs. Duval Holly Balogh Intern 11 Day Cink Byrd Stricker Duval Chris Dunham Producer 13 Johnson Cink Byrd Stricker Goydos Zak Kozuchowski Intern 11 Day Oosthuizen Vegas Stricker Duval Mike McAllister Managing Editor 17 Day Cink Byrd Stricker Goydos Helen Ross Chief of Correspondents 7 Day Oosthuizen Byrd Stricker Goydos John Schwarb Producer 17 Day Cink Byrd Stricker Duval Ryan Smithson Producer 11 Day Cink Byrd Stricker Duval Anne Szeker Producer 11 Day Cink Byrd Stricker Duval Brian Wacker Producer 13 Day Cink Byrd Stricker Goydos Featured Guest: Joe Mossburg Technical Producer 11* Johnson Cink Byrd Stricker Duval Cumulative   Day: 8 Johnson: 2 Oosthuizen: 2 Cink: 8 Byrd: 9 Vegas: 1 Toms: 0 Stricker: 10 Goydos: 4 Duval: 6

*As the Featured Guest changes each week, score is not necessarily representative of the current featured guest.

Last week's results

Anybody who picked Nick Watney over Gary Woodland in last week's Matchups can proclaim loudly to all their Facebook friends that they were behind Watney during AT&T National from the very beginning. Because Vijay Singh withdrew from the tournament early, no points were awarded for the Matchup between Singh and Justin Rose, making the maxiumum points this week 10. Over 1,800 people played last week, with 432 people making perfect picks. The Matchups player by the username of "Drock388" was the week's winner of a $50 giftcard to Shop.PGATOUR.COM. Two experts at PGATOUR.COM also had perfect picks, along with with two Facebook Groups -- mudcat nation and The Seattle Open.

AT&T National results

Here are the cumulative percentages for our Matchups picks for last week at AT&T National. Gary Woodland vs. Nick Watney Woodland picked by 17% Watney picked by 83% Watney wins K.J. Choi vs. Adam Scott Choi picked by 67% Scott picked by 33% Choi wins Harrison Frazar vs. Jeff Overton Frazar picked by 26% Overton picked by 74% Overton wins Justin Rose vs. Vijay Singh Rose picked by 75% Singh picked by 25% No winner Bill Lunde vs. Charley Hoffman Lunde picked by 21% Hoffman picked by 79% Hoffman wins