Jun. 29, 2011
By Holly Balogh, PGATOUR.COM
With the Travelers Championship under our belt, the PGA TOUR Matchups Game on Facebook® is underway. The Matchups for AT&T National have been announced and once again the staff at PGATOUR.COM has made their selections.
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.
| AT&T National Matchups |
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GARY WOODLAND vs. NICK WATNEY Woodland and Watney are both inside the top 10 in the FedExCup standings -- which one will win this Matchup and earn more points? |
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K.J. CHOI vs. ADAM SCOTT These PLAYERS champions will likely be Presidents Cup teammates this year in Scott's native Australia. Get an insider's look at this Matchup on Wednesday at PGATOUR.COM. |
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HARRISON FRAZAR vs. JEFF OVERTON Overton's on the short list of best young players without a win, while Frazar picked up his first TOUR victory in 358 starts at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. |
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JUSTIN ROSE vs. VIJAY SINGH Both have three top-10s on the season and are in the top 40 in FedExCup points, but only one (Rose) is the defending champion at AT&T National. |
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BILL LUNDE vs. CHARLEY HOFFMAN The intriguing matchup-within-the-Matchup: Lunde is ahead of his good friend and fellow UNLV grad Hoffman by one shot in the $1 million Kodak Challenge, which also continues at Aronimink. |
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| 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. |
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Accum. Points |
Woodland vs. Watney |
Choi vs. Scott |
Frazar vs. Overton |
Rose vs. Singh |
Lunde vs. Hoffman |
Holly Balogh Intern |
5 |
Watney |
Choi |
Overton |
Rose |
Lunde |
Chris Dunham Producer |
7 |
Watney |
Scott |
Overton |
Singh |
Hoffman |
Zak Kozuchowski Intern |
7 |
Woodland |
Scott |
Overton |
Rose |
Hoffman |
Mike McAllister Managing Editor |
7 |
Watney |
Choi |
Overton |
Rose |
Hoffman |
Helen Ross Chief of Correspondents |
1 |
Watney |
Choi |
Frazar |
Rose |
Hoffman |
John Schwarb Producer |
7 |
Watney |
Choi |
Overton |
Rose |
Hoffman |
Ryan Smithson Producer |
7 |
Watney |
Scott |
Overton |
Rose |
Lunde |
Anne Szeker Producer |
5 |
Watney |
Scott |
Overton |
Rose |
Hoffman |
Brian Wacker Producer |
7 |
Watney |
Choi |
Overton |
Rose |
Lunde |
Featured Guest: Andrew Chapman Marketing Analyst |
5* |
Watney |
Scott |
Frazar |
Rose |
Hoffman |
| Cumulative |
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Woodland: 1 Watney: 9 |
Choi: 5 Scott: 5 |
Frazar: 2 Overton: 8 |
Rose: 9 Singh: 1 |
Lunde: 3 Hoffman: 7 |
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| Last week's results |
More than 1,200 people played the Matchup Game during Week One with 195 people making perfect picks (a total of 11 points). The Matchups player by the username of "jules" was the week's winnner of a $50 giftcard to Shop.PGATOUR.COM.
None of our Notable Players achieved a perfect score this week, but Sean Martin of Golfweek and Steve DiMeglio of USA Today each made four correct picks to achieve seven points. Likewise, none of the experts at PGATOUR.COM had a perfect week, but there were six staff members with four correct picks. |
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| Travelers results |
| Here are the cumulative percentages for our Matchups picks for last week at the Travelers. |
| Bubba Watson vs. Jim Furyk |
Watson picked by 88% |
Furyk picked by 12% |
Watson wins |
| Ben Crane vs. Hunter Mahan |
Crane picked by 19% |
Mahan picked by 81% |
Mahan wins |
| Aaron Baddeley vs. Padraig Harrington |
Baddeley picked by 46% |
Harrington picked by 54% |
Baddeley wins |
| Lucas Glover vs. Geoff Ogilvy |
Glover picked by 55% |
Ogilvy picked by 45% |
Ogilvy wins |
| Michael Bradley vs. Keegan Bradley |
M. Bradley picked by 18% |
K. Bradley picked by 82% |
Tie |
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