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.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
The Great North Open
2002Miles Tunnicliff England279−94 strokesGermany Sven Strüver
2001Andrew Coltart Scotland277−111 strokeEngland Paul Casey
Scotland Stephen Gallacher
Compaq European Grand Prix
2000Lee Westwood England276−123 strokesSweden Fredrik Jacobson
1999David Park Wales274−141 strokeEngland David Carter
South Africa Retief Goosen
1998No tournament - cancelled due to rain
1997Colin Montgomerie Scotland270−185 strokesSouth Africa Retief Goosen
Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge
1996Retief Goosen South Africa277−112 strokesScotland Ross Drummond


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