Greater Manchester Open

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Template:Template other 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
1981	Template:Flagicon Bernard Gallacher	264	−16	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Nick Faldo	7,000
1980	Template:Flagicon Des Smyth	273	−7	PlayoffTemplate:Efn	Template:Flagicon Brian Waites	5,830
Greater Manchester Open
1979	Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty	267	−13	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Manuel Piñero	5,000
1978	Template:Flagicon Brian Barnes	275	−5	PlayoffTemplate:Efn	Template:Flagicon Bob Charles Template:Flagicon Denis Durnian Template:Flagicon Nick Job	4,000
1977	Template:Flagicon Eamonn Darcy	269	−11	8 strokes	Template:Flagicon Brian Barnes Template:Flagicon Ken Brown Template:Flagicon John Morgan	4,000
1976	Template:Flagicon John O'Leary	276	−4	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon John Fourie	2,200
1975	Template:Flagicon Howard Clark	284			Template:Flagicon	1,000

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site