Johnnie Walker Classic

Matchup plays (1 unit unless stated):

Thomas Bjorn to beat Ian Poulter -111 @ Centrebet [2 units]
Backing an outright selection against a player who is a standard player to oppose in matchups. Bjorn beat him in 13 of their 19 common events across all Tours last year so these look good odds.
(available generally)

Adam Scott to beat Ian Poulter -120 @ Bet365 [2 units]
Also opposing Poulter with Scott who looked impressive when finishing 2nd in the Australian Masters last month and 7th in the Mercedes Championship earlier this month.
(also available at Victor Chandler)

Thongchai Jaidee to beat Ben Curtis -111 @ BetandWin [2 units]
Will oppose Curtis a great deal this year as he chases the money from his British Open win. Very easy to oppose him with Jaidee who won in Thailand only last month (Asian Masters) and finished in the top-10 in the Thailand Open last week. He will cope with the conditions much better than his Major-winning opponent.

Thongchai Jaidee to beat David Smail -125 @ Paddy Power
Opposing the injured Smail who played with cracked ribs two weeks ago only because it was his home Open. He did finish 3rd on that occasion, but without a similar fast start, he could be grateful to having the weekend off. That should not happen to Jaidee.

Nick Faldo to beat Charl Schwartzel -138 @ Pinnacle
It could happen to Faldo, but he did finish in a very respectable 15th place in his last event, the Hong Kong Open last month and he did win this event twice in the 1990s. Schwartzel, on the other hand, misses a lot more cuts and will surely struggle to raise his game having played (poorly) in the last two weeks in South Africa.

Colin Montgomerie to beat Justin Rose -111 @ William Hill and Easybets [2 units]
Rose was very disappointing last week and he also should suffer from having played in the last two events in South Africa before flying to Thailand to play in this event. Monty should be fresher and has finished 10th and 16th in his last two European Tour events, Rose's last top-10 finish was back in August.

Hennie Otto to beat Marcel Siem -107 @ Five Dimes
Simply opposing the winner of last week's event. It was in a playoff, it involved a player who was winning his maiden title and had folded under final round pressure on previous occasions and it was in another continent. Fully expect Siem to miss the cut this week.

Final update: 4-3-0; +2.28 units

Bjorn/Poulter WON by 2
Scott/Poulter LOST by 6
Jaidee/Curtis WON by 10
Jaidee/Smail TIED (loss)
Faldo/Schwartzel WON by 7
Montgomerie/Rose WON by 6
Otto/Siem LOST by 2

Small profit on the week with the winners never really looking like losing. Could have had a couple more though ... Jaidee tied with Smail, but this was at a book where ties lose and Siem did miss the cut as predicted ... I've definitely cooled on Otto over the past month.