The Great North Open was the final name of a

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tournament which was played at

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, a country house golf resort in

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in North East

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, 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,

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, and two winners of the European Tour Order of Merit,

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and Lee Westwood. The prize fund peaked at

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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

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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