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 strokes Sven Strüver
2001Andrew Coltart Scotland277−111 stroke Paul Casey
Stephen Gallacher
Compaq European Grand Prix
2000Lee Westwood England276−123 strokes Fredrik Jacobson
1999David Park Wales274−141 stroke David Carter
Retief Goosen
1998Tournament abandoned[lower-alpha 1]
1997Colin Montgomerie Scotland270−185 strokes Retief Goosen
Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge
1996Retief Goosen South Africa277−112 strokes Ross Drummond
  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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