Great North Open

Slaley Hall

Location in England

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Slaley Hall

Location in Northumberland

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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

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Great North Open
2002	Miles Tunnicliff	279	−9	4 strokes	Sven Strüver
2001	Andrew Coltart	277	−11	1 stroke	Paul Casey Stephen Gallacher
Compaq European Grand Prix
2000	Lee Westwood	276	−12	3 strokes	Freddie Jacobson
1999	David Park	274	−14	1 stroke	David Carter Retief Goosen
1998	Abandoned^[a]
1997	Colin Montgomerie	270	−18	5 strokes	Retief Goosen
Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge
1996	Retief Goosen	277	−11	2 strokes	Ross Drummond

Notes

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

References

^ 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.