Greater Manchester Open

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.

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
Wilmslow GC Location in England Show map of England Wilmslow GC Location in Cheshire Show map of Cheshire

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

1. Smyth won with birdie on sixth extra hole.
2. Barnes won with birdie on first extra hole.