WGC-Dell Match Play: Tips for Your Brackets for the Top-5 Groups

Group 10: Danny Willett, Brooks Koepka, Billy Horschel, Jaco Van Zyl

This group is wide open and has the potential to produce some really compelling golf. While he isn’t yet a household name in the states, Willet’s rise to the game’s upper echelons has been meteoric, and a good week here could very well lift him into the world’s top 10.

Speaking of meteoric rises, Koepka has held steady since his big win at last year’s Waste Management Phoenix Open. He’s playing pretty well right now, and while he’s light on match play experience, it wouldn’t be a surprise to anyone to see him escape from this group and make a serious run at the title.

Horschel is one of the more interesting wildcard options this week. Intense and competitive, he’s long been pegged as the type of player who could thrive in match play, and he’s done pretty well at the past two WGC-Match Plays, tying for 17th in both years. He’s yet to get a chance to prove his worth at a Presidents or Ryder Cup, but a good performance this week would do a lot to shore up his chances of receiving a captain’s pick. Currently, he’s having a solid, if unspectacular, season.

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Van Zyl is another player to watch. He has a low profile among American fans, but he won in his most recent Sunshine Tour start and has found the top 25 in six of his last seven starts around the world. He also notched a solo second at the Turkish Airlines Open last fall, so he’s proven an ability to keep pace with top players. He’s got a great chance to play spoiler this week.