Brits will cycle through as host of reinvigorated British Masters

It’s a right of passage for great players, the chance to host a prominent pro golf tournament. Jack, Arnie and Gary Player host invitational tournaments. So does Tiger Woods. Davis Love III hosts the McGladrey Classic. Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson did when they were still alive, and the tournaments still honor them today.

But it’s been unheard of for a tournament to have multiple big-name hosts, much less in a cycle. That will almost certainly change in 2015.

The British Masters will most likely be back on the European Tour schedule for 2015, and some of the game’s most notable modern British players will rotate as host of the event. Ian Poulter, Justin Rose, Lee Westwood and Luke Donald have agreed to serve as host of the event each year through 2018, according to the Daily Mail.

While the tournament isn’t officially on the schedule yet, organizers and the British quartet see no stumbling block to prevent a formal announcement soon. The event would slide into an open October date on the European Tour schedule.

“We’ve been going on about England having another event for long enough and it’s great that it looks like it is finally going to happen,” said fellow host Luke Donald.

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