This is an exciting week if you are a golf fan and one of my favorite events of the year to watch and wager on because the 2015 WGC - Cadillac Match Play tournament is the biggest match play event in the world.
Golf Channel and NBC will televise the event live starting Wednesday.
TPC Harding Park will host this year’s tournament and we welcome a new round-robin format that will keep everyone around until at least Friday, eliminating the “Wednesday Massacre” that has sent top draws packing after one round. Players now are grouped into 16 four-man pods, with group winners moving into a single-elimination bracket for the weekend.
Each four-man group will play round-robin matches on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The player with the best record in each group advances to the Round of 16 for single-elimination match play ( in the event of a two-way tie in a group, head-to-head results will be used as the tiebreaker; a three-way tie will require a sudden-death playoff ). After the three days of group play are completed, the Round of 16 will be played Saturday morning, followed by the Quarterfinals Saturday afternoon.
The Semifinals will be Sunday morning, followed by the Championship Match and Consolation Match on Sunday afternoon. Did you get all that? The bottom line is that fans are guaranteed to see the field in its entirety during the first three days of competition before players begin being eliminated, which means more matchups to bet. I already like this new format. More matches equates to more betting.
This week’s WGC - Cadillac Match Play golf odds and golf matchups are up and ready to play at BookMaker Sportsbook. BookMaker was the first sportsbook to have the live odds, group matchups, golf props and golf matchups available to wager on.
Current WGC - Cadillac Match Play Golf Odds at BookMaker Sportsbook:
Rory McIlroy + 885
Jordan Spieth + 905
Henrik Stenson + 1615
Bubba Watson + 2550
Jim Furyk + 3250
Jason Day + 1215
Dustin Johnson + 2615
Adam Scott + 2550
Justin Rose + 2050
Sergio Garcia + 3550
Jimmy Walker + 4050
J.B. Holmes + 6050
Rickie Fowler + 2850
Matt Kuchar + 2850
Patrick Reed + 2450
Hideki Matsuyama + 3550
Martin Kaymer + 6550
Billy Horschel + 8550
Brooks Koepka + 5750
Kevin Na + 11250
Victor Dubuisson + 5250
Zach Johnson + 8050
Bill Haas + 11550
Ryan Palmer + 8050
Chris Kirk + 11550
Ian Poulter + 2750
Ryan Moore + 5250
Jamie Donaldson + 11250
Hunter Mahan + 3750
Graeme McDowell + 4050
Louis Oosthuizen + 6050
Lee Westwood + 6250
Keegan Bradley + 6050
Anirban Lahiri + 20250
Brandt Snedeker + 8050
Paul Casey + 2350
Charl Schwartzel + 11250
Brendan Grace + 15250
Matt Every + 15250
Stephen Gallacher + 20250
Bernd Wiesberger + 10250
Brendon Todd + 12550
Joost Luiten + 15250
Webb Simpson + 9250
Shane Lowry + 10250
Gary Woodland + 11250
Harris English + 9250
Alexander Levy + 13250
Russell Henley + 7750
Charlie Hoffman + 12550
Jason Dufner + 15250
George Coetzee + 11250
Matt Jones + 15250
Danny Willett + 15250
Marc Warren + 15250
Marc Leishman + 13250
Tommy Fleetwood + 15250
Ben Martin + 15250
Francesco Molinari + 18250
Mikko Ilonen + 12250
Andy Sullivan + 20050
John Senden + 20250
Miguel Angel Jimenez + 20050
Thongchai Jaidee + 23250
Anything can happen in the Match Play format and over the years it has. No. 1 seeds are 38 - 14 all - time at the WGC - Cadillac Match Play. By comparison, No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament are 124 - 0 all - time. Anyone can beat anyone on any given day, which makes the match play format so unpredictable.
Jason Day ( + 1215 ) has a chance to become the second player in the history of the Cadillac Match Play to win in back - to - back years. Day boasts a 14 - 3 record in this event.
World No. 2 Jordan Spieth ( + 905 ) is red hot coming into the event having recently won the Masters, but the young Texan has one interesting fact standing in his way this week. A No. 2 overall seed has never won this event.
Dustin Johnson ( + 2615 ) won the last WGC event held at Doral earlier this year and has played consistently on a weekly basis, but his record ( 2 - 6 ) in this format does not bode well for his chances this week. In fact, I don’t think he will make it out of the first round and highly advise you to bet against him.
TV Coverage: Wednesday - Thursday, 4 - 10 p.m. ET ( Golf Channel ); Friday, 5 - 10 p.m. ( GC ); Saturday, 3 - 7:30 p.m. ( GC ), 7:30 - 11 p.m. ( NBC ); Sunday, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ( GC ), 2 - 6 p.m. ( NBC ).
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