Six-time Main champion Sir Nick Faldo has agreed to turn out to be the brand new long-term host of the Betfred British Masters which can return to The Belfry this summer time and be held there till 2026.
Sir Nick has a protracted reference to The Belfry, having performed three of his 11 Ryder Cups on the Midland’s-based resort. He’s additionally a previous winner on the British Masters, though that was held at Woburn when he gained it in 1989.
This 12 months will mark Betfred’s fifth 12 months as title sponsor of the British Masters since approaching board in 2019 at Southport and the occasion has moved to a brand new summer time date of June 29-July 2.
The DP World Tour has beforehand turned to English-born gamers to host the match, with Danny Willett doing the honours at The Belfry in 2021, and Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Luke Donald all having hosted the occasion in previous years at a wide range of venues, together with Shut Home, The Grove, Woburn and Walton Heath.
“It’s an actual honour to be given the chance to host the Betfred British Masters, notably at a venue as iconic as The Belfry,” stated Faldo. “It’s a spot that’s synonymous with British and European golf, and we’ve been handled to some unimaginable moments there through the years.
“From a enjoying perspective, the Brabazon is a superb take a look at of golf and it’s a course that you could have numerous enjoyable by way of setting it up – notably on the par-four tenth, the place you possibly can carry the tee ahead and provides guys the prospect to go for the inexperienced, and on the par-four 18th, which is a superb closing gap.
“I’m actually trying ahead to working alongside the DP World Tour and the workforce at The Belfry to ship one other memorable British Masters. It was nice to see spectators come out of their droves to help the match final 12 months and we hope to placed on an actual present for them in 2023.”
