Great North Open

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.

Great North Open

Tournament information
Location	Hexham, England
Established	1996
Course(s)	Slaley Hall
Par	72
Length	7,080 yards (6,470 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	£600,000
Month played	June
Final year	2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate	270 Colin Montgomerie (1997)
To par	−18 as above
Final champion
Miles Tunnicliff
Location map
Slaley Hall Location in England Show map of England Slaley Hall Location in Northumberland Show map of Northumberland

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[lower-alpha 1]
1997	Colin Montgomerie	270	−18	5 strokes	Retief Goosen
Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge
1996	Retief Goosen	277	−11	2 strokes	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.

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site