Brackets of Class

I don't fancy a whole lot this week. I don't want to get out of bed, I'm too ill, and I'm not hungry, which is unusual. But I think there are some hungry people out there this week.

The top 64 in the world will battle it out in the WGC Matchplay this week. Keeping it simple, and playing with only £50, and because, to be honest, I don't completely love the format. Three days of rudimentary round robin ridiculousness followed by four more rounds of knock out match play. If I were a golfist, I would want a nap this week, then go out next week to warm up for the Masters the week after. This tournament is in Texas so beware the local crowd, Jimmy Walker lives in Texas, Patrick Reed grew up there, Jordan Spieth (World Number 1 by the way) is a hero from the Lone Star State.

I'm also giving some credence to anyone to have won a play-off this year, and disregarding anyone who has lost one. Matsuyama and Dufner are therefore getting a heads up and Rickie (sorry bud) and Lingmerth are both thumbs down.

Adam Scott is my first choice. He has won brutally well recently, and the way he played in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, risk reward, should suit him this week. £12.50 ew at 14s takes up 50% of my staking plan, and I think the Wizard of Oz will do well this week.

Hideki Matsuyama beat Rickie Fowler in the Phoenix Open earlier this year, against all the odds, and comes in to this tournament in great form, with figures of  6 - 35 - 11 - 1st. 33s about this Japanese hero was frankly too good to pass up, and £5.50 ew was swiftly chunked on.

Danny Willett come in to this tournament in insane form. He hasn't missed a cut since the French Open last year, and his figures are 22-11-3-45-1-54-4-4-28-3-11-46-52-3-54-17-1-6 (most recent first). He's a proven winner and doesn't have trouble getting across the line, the Ryder Cup will be tough this year, and Danny and the rest of the European Team hopefuls will be looking to impress and put a bit of fear in the Yankee wannabes. 5.50 ew at 33s.

Bernd Wiesberger played well in the Eurasia Cup, giving him some solid match play mettle. Bernd doesn't come in to this week with a heap of great form, The Austrian currently lies 16th in the Ryder Cup standings, but an impressive outing this week could cement his place in the standings, either in the top 9 or as one of Clarke's three wildcard picks. £1.50 ew at 125s is too good to pass up.

For me, there is far too much upset potential this week. The Dayminator won last week, albeit not too convincingly, but his idol won this tournament the week after winning the API too. Justin Rose is in good form, Zach Johnson is finally getting in the rhythm of his new clubs and finished well last week. Rory Mcilroy is in strange form. Up and down so much, which could cause some problems here. Like Adam Scott last week, it was only a one or two bad holes that turned a great round in to an awful one, an impact that would be deadened in a match play format.

Spieth will be looking to crack some form in the weeks prior to the Masters. Bubba Watson is back out after a strong appearance in the last WGC event, coming second, and first the week prior.

As you may know, I have picked 4 players, and they're each from one quarter of the bracket, so as to maximise my potential. That's my advice for this week, if you take nothing away from this blog but one thing, take this; don't pick more than one player from each quarter of the bracket.