Matchups Game preview: RBC Canadian Open

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With the Viking Classic, British Open, and Chiquita Classic all being played simultaneously, last weekend was an exciting weekend to follow golf, especially for viewers competing for points in the Matchups Game on Facebook. The game enters its fifth week with the RBC Canadian Open at Shaughnessy G&CC in Vancouver, Canada, and the Matchups have 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.

RBC Canadian Open Matchups

LUKE DONALD vs. MATT KUCHAR Donald is sixth and Kuchar is eighth in FedExCup standings, but you'll have to decide which player will earn more Matchups points for you this week. MIKE WEIR vs. MATT MCQUILLAN Can McQuillan defend his title as Canadian Matchups victor this week against Canada's most heralded player on their home soil? ANDRES GONZALES vs. LUCAS GLOVER Glover has one win this year, but Gonzales is well within his comfort zone as a former Canadian Tour player. It'll be a hairy decision to choose this Matchup. ANTHONY KIM vs. RICKIE FOWLER Kim and Fowler both finished T5 last week at The Open Championship. Which young star will carry over the good play on the other side of the pond, in Vancouver, BC? RYAN MOORE vs. BEN CRANE Both made the playoff but lost to Mark Calcavecchia in 2005 when the RBC Canadian Open was last held at Shaughnessy G&CC. (This Matchup provided by Gary Smits, Florida Times-Union)

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 Donald vs. Kuchar Weir vs. McQuillan Gonzales vs. Glover Kim vs. Fowler Moore vs. Crane Holly Balogh Intern 16 Donald McQuillan Glover Fowler Crane Chris Dunham Producer 24 Kuchar McQuillan Glover Fowler Moore Zak Kozuchowski Intern 18 Kuchar Weir Glover Fowler Moore Mike McAllister Managing Editor 26 Donald McQuillan Glover Fowler Moore Helen Ross Chief of Correspondents 14 Donald Weir Glover Kim Crane John Schwarb Producer 26 Kuchar McQuillan Glover Fowler Moore Ryan Smithson Producer 16 Kuchar McQuillan Glover Kim Moore Anne Szeker Producer 20 Kuchar Weir Glover Fowler Crane Brian Wacker Producer 20 Donald McQuillan Glover Fowler Crane Featured Guest: Amanda Balionis Host, PGA TOUR Today 26* Kuchar Weir Glover Fowler Moore Cumulative   Donald: 4 Kuchar: 6 Weir: 4 McQuillan: 6 Gonzales: 0 Glover: 10 Kim: 2 Fowler: 8 Moore: 6 Crane: 4

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

Last week's results

Of over 2,700 Facebook users competing in the Matchups Game, 23 made perfect picks last week. With a maximum of 12 points possible, this was the biggest week so far to have perfect picks. The Matchups player by the username "Snowdawg55" had a perfect week and was the winner of a $50 giftcard to Shop.PGATOUR.COM. PGATOUR.COM Editorial Coordinator Lauren Deason also had perfect picks, almost doubling the overall cumulative score of the weekly Featured Guest. Currently "TravisGolf13" and "kschwab14" are tied for first place in the game with 34 points each.

Viking Classic results

Here are the cumulative percentages for our Matchups picks for last week at Annandale Golf Club. Matt McQuillan vs. Stephen Ames McQuillan picked by 51% Ames picked by 49% McQuillan wins Brendon de Jonge vs. Steve Elkington de Jonge picked by 80% Elkington picked by 20% de Jonge wins Zack Miller vs. William McGirt Miller picked by 61% McGirt picked by 39% McGirt wins Jeff Quinney vs. James Driscoll Quinney picked by 34% Driscoll picked by 66% Quinney wins Heath Slocum vs. D.J. Trahan Slocum picked by 58% Trahan picked by 42% Trahan wins