Great North Open
Tournament information
LocationHexham, England
Established1996
Course(s)Slaley Hall
Par72
Length7,080 yards (6,470 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund£600,000
Month playedJune
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Colin Montgomerie (1997)
To par−18 as above
Final champion
England Miles Tunnicliff
Location Map
Slaley Hall is located in England
Slaley Hall
Slaley Hall
Location in England
Slaley Hall is located in Northumberland
Slaley Hall
Slaley Hall
Location in Northumberland

The Great North Open was the final name of a European Tour golf tournament which was played at Slaley Hall, a country house golf resort in Northumberland in North East England, six years out of seven between 1996 and 2002. It was also played as the Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge and the Compaq European Grand Prix. The winners included one major champion, Retief Goosen, and two winners of the European Tour Order of Merit, Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood. The prize fund peaked at 1,311,090 in 2001 before dropping to €935,760 in the tournament's last year, which was below average for a European Tour event at that time.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Great North Open
2002England Miles Tunnicliff279−94 strokesGermany Sven Strüver
2001Scotland Andrew Coltart277−111 strokeEngland Paul Casey
Scotland Stephen Gallacher
Compaq European Grand Prix
2000England Lee Westwood276−123 strokesSweden Freddie Jacobson
1999Wales David Park274−141 strokeEngland David Carter
South Africa Retief Goosen
1998Abandoned[lower-alpha 1]
1997Scotland Colin Montgomerie270−185 strokesSouth Africa Retief Goosen
Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge
1996South Africa Retief Goosen277−112 strokesScotland Ross Drummond

Notes

  1. Tournament abandoned due to persistent bad weather, with most of the field having not completed the second round.[1]

References

  1. Webb, Mel (15 June 1998). "Rain check costs Stewart dear". The Times. London, England. p. 42. Retrieved 3 May 2020 via The Times Digital Archive.


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