Greater Manchester Open

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{{Infobox golf tournament

| name = Greater Manchester Open

| image =

| location = Wilmslow, Cheshire, England

| establishment = 1975

| course = Wilmslow Golf Club

| par = 70

| tour = European Tour

| format = Stroke play

| month_played = June

| final_year = 1981

| purse = {{currency|40,000|GBP}}

| aggregate = 264 Bernard Gallacher (1981)

| to-par = −16 as above

| score =

| final_champion = {{flagicon|SCO}} Bernard Gallacher

| map = England#Cheshire

| map_label = Wilmslow GC

| map_caption = Location in England##Location in Cheshire

| map_relief = yes

| map_label_position =

| map_size = 200px

| coordinates = {{coord|53.301|-2.278}}

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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

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"

!Year !! Winner !! Score !! To par !! Margin of
victory !! Runner(s)-up !! Winner's
share (£) !! Ref.

colspan=8|Cold Shield Greater Manchester Open
1982colspan=6 align=center|Cancelled due to lack of funding{{cite news |last=Hennessy |first=John |title=Tournament cancelled |newspaper=The Times |location=London, England |date=22 April 1982 |page=22 |via=The Times Digital Archive |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS369724054/TTDA?u=bli_ttda&sid=TTDA&xid=f1f51ffd |access-date=9 June 2020 |url-access=limited}}
1981{{flagicon|SCO}} Bernard Gallacheralign=center|264align=center|−165 strokes{{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Faldoalign=center|7,000{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=77VAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3391%2C2933692 |title=Gallacher bounces in with a record victory |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=15 June 1981 |page=16}}
1980{{flagicon|IRL}} Des Smythalign=center|273align=center|−7Playoff{{efn|Smyth won with birdie on sixth extra hole.}}{{flagicon|ENG}} Brian Waitesalign=center|5,830{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bMJAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2937%2C4883592 |title=Smyth wins play-off duel |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=23 June 1980 |page=17}}
colspan=8|Greater Manchester Open
1979{{flagicon|Zimbabwe-Rhodesia}} Mark McNultyalign=center|267align=center|−135 strokes{{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Piñeroalign=center|5,000{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5PM9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=-EgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6279%2C6011020 |title=McNulty's triumph with record aggregate |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=25 June 1979 |page=16}}
1978{{flagicon|SCO}} Brian Barnesalign=center|275align=center|−5Playoff{{efn|Barnes won with birdie on first extra hole.}}{{flagicon|NZL}} Bob Charles
{{flagicon|ENG}} Denis Durnian
{{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Job
align=center|4,000{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=77ZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4199%2C4349080 |title=Barnes wins play-off with 20-foot putt |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=19 June 1978 |page=17}}
1977{{flagicon|IRL}} Eamonn Darcyalign=center|269align=center|−118 strokes{{flagicon|SCO}} Brian Barnes
{{flagicon|SCO}} Ken Brown
{{flagicon|ENG}} John Morgan
align=center|4,000{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yZBAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8qQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1964%2C4301233 |title=Darcy by 8 shots |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=20 June 1977 |page=17}}
1976{{flagicon|IRL}} John O'Learyalign=center|276align=center|−44 strokes{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} John Fouriealign=center|2,200{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RZVAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4502%2C4523716 |title=O'Leary by 4 shots |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=21 June 1976 |page=22}}
1975{{flagicon|ENG}} Howard Clarkalign=center|284align=center|{{flagicon
} || align=center|1,000 || {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZBAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6KQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3938%2C6645568 |title=Howard Clark, the former Walker Cup player... |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=30 June 1975 |page=22}}

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