Lee Westwood has pulled the covers off a reinvented Majestics GC for 2026, pairing an all-British lineup with a red, white and blue Union Jack rebrand and formally adding Laurie Canter after Henrik Stenson's relegation last season.
Canter, who finished seventh on the DP World Tour order of merit in 2025 and won twice in the previous two seasons, joins Westwood, Ian Poulter and Sam Horsfield in a team that now markets itself explicitly around its Britishness.
"Well, I think when you look at Lor's uh performance over the last couple of seasons, he was obviously on the team with us, you know, 22 23 um you know, when Sam was out injured. Um it was a perfect fit," Westwood told LIV Golf's launch event.
"The rebrand, red, white, and blue. Um you know, dawn in the Union Jack, I think it's pretty pretty cool to wear the outfit this week. We're going to be pretty proud to wear it as a whole team of of Brits. you know, he was a great fit. Um, he fits in nicely with us as a team. We like him, he likes us. Um, and he's a great player. So, um, we, you know, we're really looking forward to what he brings. High energy. He's a good fun guy. And, um, you know, with a with a new rebrand, I think it's it's a very strong fit."
Canter's promotion follows a difficult final round of the 2025 LIV season for Majestics, with Stenson ultimately relegated after a leaderboard jostle that reached to the closing holes. Westwood and Poulter both survived the cut, but the team's identity needed a refresh, and the pivot to an entirely British roster is as much a commercial play as a competitive one given the number of LIV events now scheduled in the UK.
Westwood also welcomed the league's decision to move from a three-round to a four-round format this season.
"I think the four rounds instead of three may help us as well. Um I always felt with three rounds, it was very much a sprint and you, you know, if you didn't get into it on the first day, it was hard to catch up. So, you know, an extra round might and more golf for the fans," he said.
The format shift dovetails with LIV's broader structural changes for 2026, which include an expanded relegation threshold that now puts roughly a fifth of the field at risk, three new qualification cards and a greater role for the International Series as a feeder.
For Majestics, the calculation is simple. Canter arrives in form and with DP World Tour pedigree, the branding finally matches the lineup, and a longer weekly format gives slower starters a better chance to claw back into contention. If the team can translate that into individual podiums, the four-man Union Jack project will look like one of LIV's sharper off-season moves.
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