Greater Manchester Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Wilmslow, Cheshire, England |
| Established | 1975 |
| Course(s) | Wilmslow Golf Club |
| Par | 70 |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | £40,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Final year | 1981 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 264 Bernard Gallacher (1981) |
| To par | −16 as above |
| Final champion | |
| Bernard Gallacher | |
| Location map | |
The Greater Manchester Open was a professional golf tournament which was played annually from 1975 to 1981. It was a European Tour event from 1976. It was held at Wilmslow Golf Club in Wilmslow, Cheshire, just to the south of Manchester. Three of the six winners were from Ireland, and a fourth, Mark McNulty, became an Irish citizen many years later. In 1981 the prize fund was £40,000, which was the third smallest on the European Tour that season.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (£) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Shield Greater Manchester Open | |||||||
| 1982 | Cancelled due to lack of funding | [1] | |||||
| 1981 | Bernard Gallacher | 264 | −16 | 5 strokes | Nick Faldo | 7,000 | [2] |
| 1980 | Des Smyth | 273 | −7 | Playoff[a] | Brian Waites | 5,830 | [3] |
| Greater Manchester Open | |||||||
| 1979 | Mark McNulty | 267 | −13 | 5 strokes | Manuel Piñero | 5,000 | [4] |
| 1978 | Brian Barnes | 275 | −5 | Playoff[b] | Bob Charles Denis Durnian Nick Job |
4,000 | [5] |
| 1977 | Eamonn Darcy | 269 | −11 | 8 strokes | Brian Barnes Ken Brown John Morgan |
4,000 | [6] |
| 1976 | John O'Leary | 276 | −4 | 4 strokes | John Fourie | 2,200 | [7] |
| 1975 | Howard Clark | 284 | 1,000 | [8] | |||
Notes
References
- ^ Hennessy, John (22 April 1982). "Tournament cancelled". The Times. London, England. p. 22. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Gallacher bounces in with a record victory". The Glasgow Herald. 15 June 1981. p. 16.
- ^ "Smyth wins play-off duel". The Glasgow Herald. 23 June 1980. p. 17.
- ^ "McNulty's triumph with record aggregate". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1979. p. 16.
- ^ "Barnes wins play-off with 20-foot putt". The Glasgow Herald. 19 June 1978. p. 17.
- ^ "Darcy by 8 shots". The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1977. p. 17.
- ^ "O'Leary by 4 shots". The Glasgow Herald. 21 June 1976. p. 22.
- ^ "Howard Clark, the former Walker Cup player..." The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1975. p. 22.