BMW PGA Championship: Each-way selections for the European Tour's flagship event

How will Danny Willett perform at this week's BMW PGA Championship after a few months off?

Wentworth is the venue for this week's main event, and it doesn't get much better on the European Tour than the BMW PGA Championship, an event in which Betfair are paying 1/4 Odds for the first six places. So here's who betting.betfair's golf contributors believe can claim a place...

Dan Geraghty says: Back Danny Willett @ 126.0n/a

Danny Willett hasn't played competitively since early March, when he finished fifth at the Tshwane Open in South Africa; he's kept himself busy in the meantime with a stag do and wedding. After two months off it's anyone's guess how the newly married golfer will perform this week but at 126.0n/a it's worth a risk. I remember vividly Willett briefly taking control of this tournament before folding in 2010, since then the young Englishman has broken his duck on the European Tour and may be a different proposition in contention.

Mike Norman says: Back David Horsey @ 71.0n/a

Whatever the level, continually getting into contention and finishing high up has to do the confidence a world of good. So it doesn't matter that David Horsey's last three appearances have been in low-profile, low-on-quality European Tour events. The fact that he finished second, fourth, and sixth does matter as it shows the young Englishman is playing some of the best golf of his career. He's also a two-time winner on the European Tour and finished in a tie for seventh here in 2011 when in similar form. A reproduction of his golf in the last month must see him go well.

Joe Dyer says: Back Richard Sterne @ 51.0n/a

Richard Sterne has spent a couple of years in the golfing wilderness but has been a revitalised figure this year. A win at the Joburg Open in February ended a five year drought but was the sixth of his European Tour career, so we know he can be trusted when in contention.  Long off the tee but accurate with it, Sterne has also been putting well this year and possesses the game to go well at Wentworth as two top-10 finishes, including a sixth in 2012, would testify.

Paul Krishnamurty says: Back Matteo Manassero @ 67.0n/a

Wentworth is very much a course that requires plenty of learning, favouring experienced players, so we should sit up and take notice when a youngster immediately gets the hang of the place. Matteo Manassero made the top-20 on his course debut at the age of 17 and a year later held the lead going into the final round. Pressure took it's toll on that occasion but the brilliant young Italian, still only 20, looks a surefire winner of this event one day. Though he hasn't set the golfing world alight yet this season, Manassero has been consistent, making the top-25 on every European Tour start and, as usual, hitting a very high percentage of fairways.

Steve Rawlings says: Back Branden Grace @ 51.0n/a

Branden Grace was no match for match play specialist Graeme McDowell on Sunday in the semi-finals of the Volvo World Match Play but it was still a hugely encouraging week. Understandably, the South African hasn't yet matched the spectacular heights of 2012, when he won five times (four times on the European Tour) but he might not be far off winning again now. His fifth place finish on debut last year was a tremendous performance and if he builds on that he'll be bang in contention on Sunday afternoon.