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

The Great North Open

• 2002 Miles Tunnicliff -  England
• 2001 Andrew Coltart -  Scotland

Compaq European Grand Prix

• 2000 Lee Westwood -  England
• 1999 David Park -  Wales
• 1998 No tournament - cancelled due to rain
• 1997 Colin Montgomerie -  Scotland

Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge

• 1996 Retief Goosen -  South Africa

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site - use web browser on the left to access other years.