Northern Open
Tournament information | |
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Location | Scotland |
Established | 1931 |
Format | Stroke play |
Current champion | |
(2021) |
The Northern Open is a golf tournament played annually in Scotland since 1931. It was one of only two 72-hole tournaments on the "Tartan Tour", the PGA Tour in Scotland's schedule, the other being the Scottish PGA Championship. Since 2019 the event has been played over 36 holes.
The Scottish PGA Championship was originally called the Scottish Professional Championship and was only open to professionals while the Northern Open was also opened to amateurs.
History[]
The tournaments were originally played over 2 days with 2 rounds played each day. In 1947 the event was extended to a third day with one round played on the first two days. The leading 50 players and those tied for 50th place played two rounds on the third day. Originally called the "Northern Open Amateur and Professional Golf Tournament", the name was changed "Northern Open Championship" for 1948. The 1948 event was reduced to two days again with play in groups of three on the first day and a cut reducing the field to 80 for the final day. With a large number of entries the 1949 event was again played over three days. The playoff between Ballingall and Thomson was played at Murcar, the day after the Championship finished. The day had been allocated for Scottish qualifying for the Daily Mail Tournament. Thomson practised in the morning while Ballingall played a competitive round. The two played together in the afternoon, Ballingale scoring 72 to Thomson's 74.
Winners[]
Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (£) |
Ref |
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2021 | (2) | Scotland | Portlethen | 132 | 3 strokes | Chris Doak (a) |
3,000 | |
2020 | Scotland | Spey Valley | 67 +++ | 1 stroke | Scott Henderson (a) (a) |
2,560 | ||
2019 | Alastair Forsyth (2) | Scotland | Newmachar | 133 | 3 strokes | 1,000 | ||
2018 | Gareth Wright | Wales | Nairn Dunbar | 276 | 1 stroke | 1,100 | ||
2017 | Scotland | Moray | 277 | 7 strokes | |
1,400 | ||
2016 | Greig Hutcheon (2) | Scotland | Royal Dornoch | 267 | 6 strokes | 3,900 | ||
2015 | Scotland | Cruden Bay | 267 | 5 strokes | Gareth Wright | 4,250 | ||
2014 | David Law (2) | Scotland | Murcar Links | 207 + | 3 strokes | Greig Hutcheon | 6,000 | |
2013 | (2) | Scotland | Meldrum House | 261 | 1 stroke | David Law | 4,000 | |
2012 | Scotland | Meldrum House | 268 | 5 strokes | David Law |
4,000 | ||
2011 | David Law (a) | Scotland | Meldrum House | 266 | 2 strokes | (4,000) | ||
2010 | Greig Hutcheon | Scotland | Meldrum House | 132 ++ | 1 stroke | (a) | 3,800 | |
2009 | Craig Lee | Scotland | Spey Valley | 281 | 5 strokes | 2,500 | ||
2008 | Chris Doak | Scotland | Spey Valley | 274 | 3 strokes | 8,000 | ||
2007 | Murray Urquhart | Scotland | Skibo Castle | 282 | 1 stroke | |||
2006 | (2) | Scotland | Skibo Castle | 276 | Playoff | Chris Doak | 8,000 | |
2005 | Chris Doak | Scotland | ||||||
2004 | Scotland | |||||||
2003 | Scotland | |||||||
2002 | Scotland | |||||||
2001 | Scotland | |||||||
2000 | Jim Payne | England | Forres | 266 | 1 stroke | 3,600 | [2] | |
1999 | Alastair Forsyth | Scotland | ||||||
1998 | Lee James | England | ||||||
1997 | Scotland | |||||||
1996 | Scott Henderson | Scotland | ||||||
1995 | Scotland | |||||||
1994 | (2) | Scotland | ||||||
1993 | Scotland | |||||||
1992 | Scotland | |||||||
1991 | England | |||||||
1990 | (2) | Scotland | ||||||
1989 | Scotland | Cruden Bay | 274 | 2 strokes | 3,300 | [3] | ||
1988 | David Huish (4) | Scotland | Moray | 281 | 1 stroke | Mike Miller | 3,300 | [4] |
1987 | Adam Hunter | Scotland | Royal Aberdeen | 287 | Playoff | |
3,300 | [5] |
1986 | Scotland | Nairn | 283 | 1 stroke | Ross Drummond | 3,300 | [6] | |
1985 | Brian Barnes (2) | Scotland | Elgin | 274 | 1 stroke | Ewen Murray | 2,500 | [7] |
1984 | David Huish (3) | Scotland | Murcar Links | 281 | 2 strokes | Brian Barnes | 2,500 | [8] |
1983 | Derrick Cooper | England | Royal Dornoch | 287 | 3 strokes | |
1,750 | [9] |
1982 | England | Cruden Bay | 288 | 1 stroke | 1,750 | [10] | ||
1981 | Scotland | Moray | 285 | 2 strokes | |
1,400 | [11] | |
1980 | David Huish (2) | Scotland | Royal Aberdeen | 293 | 1 stroke | 1,400 | [12] | |
1979 | Scotland | Nairn | 285 | 5 strokes | Ross Drummond |
1,400 | [13] | |
1978 | Brian Barnes | Scotland | Elgin | 282 | 2 strokes | [14] | ||
1977 | Ewen Murray | Scotland | Royal Dornoch | 292 | 5 strokes | David Huish (a) |
1,000 | [15] |
1976 | Scotland | Royal Aberdeen | 289 | 4 strokes | 1,000 | [16] | ||
1975 | (2) | Scotland | Nairn | 289 | 5 strokes | 1,000 | [17] | |
1974 | Scotland | Murcar Links | 277 | 6 strokes | Harry Bannerman | 1,000 | [18] | |
1973 | David Huish | Scotland | Royal Dornoch | 289 | 3 strokes | Bernard Gallacher John Garner |
500 | [19] |
1972 | Harry Bannerman (3) | Scotland | Royal Aberdeen | 286 | 2 strokes | Brian Barnes | 400 | [20] |
1971 | Scotland | Nairn | 281 | 6 strokes | ||||
1970 | (a) | Scotland | Cruden Bay | 215 + | 1 stroke | Harry Bannerman | (300) | [21] |
1969 | Harry Bannerman (2) | Scotland | Moray | 295 | 2 strokes | John Panton | 300 | [22] |
1968 | Scotland | Murcar Links | 278 | 7 strokes | Harry Bannerman Lionel Platts |
300 | [23] | |
1967 | Harry Bannerman | Scotland | Royal Dornoch | 285 | 6 strokes | 300 | [24] | |
1966 | Scotland | Elgin | 294 | 2 strokes | Marshall Douglas | 300 | [25] | |
1965 | Scotland | Royal Aberdeen | 139 ++ | 1 stroke | John Panton |
[26] | ||
1964 | Scotland | Nairn | 285 | Playoff | George Will | [27] | ||
1963 | George Will (2) | Scotland | Cruden Bay | 287 | Playoff | [28] | ||
1962 | John Panton (7) | Scotland | Moray | 300 | 1 stroke | Bob Tuohy | [29] | |
1961 | Harry Weetman | England | Murcar Links | 282 | 2 strokes | Harold Henning | [30] | |
1960 | John Panton (6) | Scotland | Royal Dornoch | 301 | 2 strokes | Eric Brown | 125 | [31] |
1959 | John Panton (5) | Scotland | Peterhead | 284 | 2 strokes | [32] | ||
1958 | George Will | Scotland | Cruden Bay | 291 | Playoff | Harry Weetman |
[33][34] | |
1957 | Eric Brown (5) | Scotland | Nairn | 290 | 6 strokes | John Panton | [35] | |
1956 | John Panton (4) | Scotland | Moray | 290 | Playoff | Eric Brown | [36][37] | |
1955 | Eric Brown (4) | Scotland | Murcar Links | 283 | Playoff | John Panton | [38][39] | |
1954 | Eric Brown (3) | Scotland | Royal Dornoch | 307 | 2 strokes | [40] | ||
1953 | Eric Brown (2) | Scotland | Cruden Bay | 281 | 1 stroke | John Panton | [41] | |
1952 | John Panton (3) | Scotland | Royal Aberdeen | 289 | 5 strokes | 90 | ||
1951 | John Panton (2) | Scotland | Nairn | 285 | 5 strokes | Hector Thomson | [42] | |
1950 | Eric Brown | Scotland | Moray | 294 | 1 stroke | John Panton | [43] | |
1949 | (2) | Scotland | Royal Aberdeen (and Murcar Links) |
296 | Playoff | Hector Thomson | [44][45] | |
1948 | John Panton | Scotland | Inverness | 288 | 3 strokes | (a) |
65 | [46] |
1947 | Scotland | Peterhead | 300 | 6 strokes | 60 | [47] | ||
1946 | Scotland | Murcar Links | 305 | 2 strokes | 35 | [48] | ||
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||||
1939 | (3) | Scotland | Nairn | 285 | Playoff | Hector Thomson (a) | 30 | [49][50] |
1938 | Tom Haliburton | Scotland | Peterhead | 294 | 1 stroke | 28 | [51] | |
1937 | (2) | Scotland | Moray | 294 | Playoff | 25 | [52][53] | |
1936 | (a) (2) | Scotland | Deeside | 290 | 10 strokes | Tom Dobson |
(25) | [54] |
1935 | (a) | Scotland | Royal Dornoch | 298 | Playoff | (25) | [55][56] | |
1934 | Jim Forrester | Scotland | Inverness | 287 | 6 strokes | (a) | 25 | [57] |
1933 | (a) | Scotland | Murcar Links | 294 | 1 stroke | (20) | [58] | |
1932 | Scotland | Nairn | 292 | Playoff | Jimmy McDowall | 20 | [59][60] | |
1931 | Jimmy McDowall | Scotland | Royal Aberdeen | 289 | 7 strokes | 20 | [61] |
In 1932 Henderson beat McDowall 77 to 79 in the 18-hole playoff. In 1935 Walker beat Spark 75 to 76 in the 18-hole playoff. In 1937 McLean beat Durward 73 to 79 in the 18-hole playoff. In 1939 McLean and Thomson tied on 74 after an 18-hole playoff but McLean won 73 to 75 in a second 18-hole playoff in the afternoon. In 1949 Ballingale scored 72 to Thomson's 74. In 1955 Brown scored 71 to Panton's 77. In 1956 Panton scored 73 to Brown's 74. In 1958 Will scored 75, Macdonald scored 77 and Weetman 79. In 1963 Will won at the first extra hole with a birdie 3. In 1964 Taylor won at the second extra hole with a 4. In 1987 Hunter won with a par 4 at the first extra hole.
- + reduced to 54 holes.
- ++ reduced to 36 holes.
- +++ reduced to 18 holes.
References[]
- ^ "Northern Open OOM - Past Champions | the PGA".
- ^ HighBeam
- ^ "Brooks breaks northern hoodoo with a closing 66". The Glasgow Herald. 20 May 1989. p. 17.
- ^ "Pillar to post triumph for Huish in Northern Open". The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1988. p. 23.
- ^ "Hunter's gale-lashed 69 fires sudden-death win". The Glasgow Herald. 16 May 1987. p. 23.
- ^ "Weir survives birdie blitz". The Glasgow Herald. 3 May 1986. p. 18.
- ^ "Barnes beats own doubts". The Glasgow Herald. 4 May 1985. p. 18.
- ^ "Huish beats Barnes and the bookmaker". The Glasgow Herald. 21 April 1984. p. 14.
- ^ "Cooper banks £1750 after final round 70". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1983. p. 25.
- ^ "Marshall raids the North". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1982. p. 26.
- ^ "Right way round as Thomson wins Northern". The Glasgow Herald. 8 May 1981. p. 21.
- ^ "Huish wins his second North open". The Glasgow Herald. 2 May 1980. p. 24.
- ^ "Farmer reaps first major championship". The Glasgow Herald. 27 April 1979. p. 30.
- ^ "Brian lands another big catch". The Glasgow Herald. 29 April 1978. p. 18.
- ^ "Murray comes of age with third-round 69". The Glasgow Herald. 29 April 1977. p. 29.
- ^ "A rewarding return for Chillas". The Glasgow Herald. 30 April 1976. p. 29.
- ^ "Runaway win for Willie Milne". The Glasgow Herald. 2 May 1975. p. 25.
- ^ "Milne's record win in Northern Open". The Glasgow Herald. 3 May 1974. p. 4.
- ^ "Northern Open won by David Huish". The Glasgow Herald. 4 May 1973. p. 4.
- ^ "Bannerman joins elite in Northern". The Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1972. p. 2.
- ^ "Pirie achieves his greatest success". The Glasgow Herald. 10 April 1970. p. 6.
- ^ "Bannerman holds on for title in nervous finish". The Glasgow Herald. 11 April 1969. p. 6.
- ^ "Webster's Northern victory". The Glasgow Herald. 12 April 1968. p. 6.
- ^ "Bannerman wins by six strokes in Northern Open". The Glasgow Herald. 14 April 1967. p. 6.
- ^ "Liddle's unexpected Northern success". The Glasgow Herald. 15 April 1966. p. 6.
- ^ "Northern Open win by J. T. Brown". The Glasgow Herald. 10 April 1965. p. 6.
- ^ "Same pair play off for Northern Open". The Glasgow Herald. 11 April 1964. p. 5.
- ^ "Northern Open won again by Will". The Glasgow Herald. 19 April 1963. p. 6.
- ^ "Panton wins seventh Northern Open". The Glasgow Herald. 13 April 1962. p. 6.
- ^ "Northern Open title for Weetman". The Glasgow Herald. 14 April 1961. p. 14.
- ^ "Sixth Northern title win for Panton". The Glasgow Herald. 15 April 1960. p. 11.
- ^ "Fifth Northern Open title for Panton". The Glasgow Herald. 17 April 1959. p. 11.
- ^ "Triple tie for North Open Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 18 April 1958. p. 4.
- ^ "Early success for G. Will". The Glasgow Herald. 19 April 1958. p. 9.
- ^ "Brown's fifth victory in Northern "Open"". The Glasgow Herald. 20 April 1957. p. 8.
- ^ "Panton and Brown again tie for Northern Open golf". The Glasgow Herald. 13 April 1956. p. 4.
- ^ "Panton beats Brown in Northern golf title play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 15 April 1956. p. 9.
- ^ "Panton and Brown tie for Northern title". The Glasgow Herald. 15 April 1955. p. 4.
- ^ "Brown's easy victory in Murcar play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 16 April 1955. p. 9.
- ^ "E. C. Brown's fine victory in Northern "Open"". The Glasgow Herald. 16 April 1954. p. 4.
- ^ "Northern Open golf title for Anglo-Scot". The Glasgow Herald. 24 April 1953. p. 9.
- ^ "Panton's comfortable win in Nairn golf". The Glasgow Herald. 27 April 1951. p. 9.
- ^ "Eric Brown wins "Northern"". The Glasgow Herald. 14 April 1950. p. 7.
- ^ "Tie for Northern Open golf championship". The Glasgow Herald. 29 April 1949. p. 2.
- ^ "Ballingall's day at Murcar". The Glasgow Herald. 30 April 1949. p. 2.
- ^ "Panton wins at Inverness". The Glasgow Herald. 22 April 1948. p. 6.
- ^ "Northern Open golf title". The Glasgow Herald. 18 April 1947. p. 6.
- ^ "Forrester wins at Murcar". The Glasgow Herald. 18 April 1946. p. 6.
- ^ "Young Scots renew golf revalry". The Glasgow Herald. 28 April 1939. p. 4.
- ^ "M'Lean's revenge on old golf rival". The Glasgow Herald. 29 April 1939. p. 2.
- ^ "T B Haliburton's fighting finish". The Glasgow Herald. 14 April 1938. p. 2.
- ^ "M'Lean and Durward in Northern golf tie". The Glasgow Herald. 16 April 1937. p. 6.
- ^ "Two holes decide golf tie for M'Lean". The Glasgow Herald. 17 April 1937. p. 3.
- ^ "Second Northern "Open" win". The Glasgow Herald. 16 April 1936. p. 3.
- ^ "Tie in Northern "Open"". The Glasgow Herald. 26 April 1935. p. 6.
- ^ "Amateur wns North "Open"". The Glasgow Herald. 27 April 1935. p. 3.
- ^ "New Northern "Open" record". The Glasgow Herald. 26 April 1934. p. 3.
- ^ "Victory for Jack M'Lean". The Glasgow Herald. 21 April 1933. p. 4.
- ^ "Thrilling tie at Nairn". The Glasgow Herald. 22 April 1932. p. 18.
- ^ "Troon assistant wins Nairn play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 23 April 1932. p. 16.
- ^ "Northern Open tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 1 May 1931. p. 4.
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