Great North Open

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more footnotes|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox golf tournament | name = Great North Open | image = | location = Hexham, England | establishment = 1996 | final_year = 2002 | course = Slaley Hall | par = 72 | yardage = {{convert|7080|yd|m}} | tour = European Tour | format = Stroke play | purse = {{currency|600,000|GBP}} | month_played = June | aggregate = 270 Colin Montgomerie (1997) | to-par = −18 ''as above'' | final_champion = {{flagicon|ENG}} Miles Tunnicliff | map = England#United Kingdom Northumberland | map_label = Slaley Hall | map_caption = Location in England##Location in Northumberland | map_relief = yes | map_label_position = | map_size = 200px | coordinates = {{coord|54.896|-2.016}} }} 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 == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Year!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up |- ! colspan=7|Great North Open |- | 2002 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Miles Tunnicliff || align=center|279 || align=center|−9 || 4 strokes || {{flagicon|DEU}} Sven Strüver |- | 2001 || {{flagicon|SCO}} Andrew Coltart || align=center|277 || align=center|−11 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Casey<br>{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Gallacher |- ! colspan=7|Compaq European Grand Prix |- | 2000 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Westwood || align=center|276 || align=center|−12 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|SWE}} Freddie Jacobson |- | 1999 || {{flagicon|WAL}} David Park || align=center|274 || align=center|−14 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|ENG}} David Carter<br>{{flagicon|ZAF}} Retief Goosen |- | 1998 || colspan=5 align=center|''Abandoned''{{efn|Tournament abandoned due to persistent bad weather, with most of the field having not completed the second round.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rain check costs Stewart dear |first=Mel |last=Webb |newspaper=The Times |location=London, England |date=15 June 1998 |page=42 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500199460/TTDA?u=bli_ttda&sid=TTDA&xid=b9d45f90 |via=The Times Digital Archive |access-date=3 May 2020 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}} |- | 1997 || {{flagicon|SCO}} Colin Montgomerie || align=center|270 || align=center|−18 || 5 strokes || {{flagicon|ZAF}} Retief Goosen |- ! colspan=7|Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge |- | 1996 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} Retief Goosen || align=center|277 || align=center|−11 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Drummond |}

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== External links == *[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2002/tournamentid=2002034/history/index.html Coverage on the European Tour's official site]

Category:Former European Tour events Category:Golf tournaments in England Category:Sport in Northumberland Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1996 Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2002 Category:1996 establishments in England Category:2002 disestablishments in England Category:Defunct sports competitions in England