Great North Open

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Great North Open
Tournament information
Location Hexham, England
Established1996
Course(s) Slaley Hall
Par72
Length7,080 yards (6,470 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £600,000
Month playedJune
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Colin Montgomerie (1997)
To par−18 as above
Final champion
Flag of England.svg Miles Tunnicliff
Location map
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Slaley Hall
Location in England
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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.

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Great North Open
2002 Flag of England.svg Miles Tunnicliff 279−94 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Sven Strüver
2001 Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Coltart 277−111 stroke Flag of England.svg Paul Casey
Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Gallacher
Compaq European Grand Prix
2000 Flag of England.svg Lee Westwood 276−123 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Jacobson
1999 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg David Park 274−141 stroke Flag of England.svg David Carter
Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen
1998 Abandoned [a]
1997 Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie 270−185 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen
Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge
1996 Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen 277−112 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg 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.