2000–01 Sunshine Tour

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The 2000–01 Sunshine Tour was the first season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was rebranded. Previously it had been known as the Southern Africa Tour. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region. In its first year, the prize money was over 20% lower than the amount awarded the last year of the Africa Tour (R13.6 Million in 2000–01 vs. R17.5 Million in 1999–2000).

There were 22 official events on the schedule. This was an increase of five from the last year of the Southern Africa tour, with a significant change in the list of tournaments.

There were four tournaments from the previous season that were eliminated or not played:

  • Vodacom Series: Mpumalanga
  • Vodacom Series: Kwazulu-Natal
  • Vodacom Series: Free State
  • Royal Swazi Sun Classic (which resumed in 2001)

There were nine tournaments added/restarted for this season:

  • Riviera Resort Classic (played in 2000 only)
  • Emfuleni Classic (played in 2000 only)
  • Observatory Classic (played in 2000 only)
  • Cock of the North (first time played since 1985)
  • FNB Botswana Open (first time played since 1998)
  • Stanbic Zambia Open (first time played since 1998)
  • Nashua Nedtel Cellular Masters (first time played since 1999)
  • The Tour Championship (new tournament in 2001)
  • South African PGA Championship (first time played since 1999)

The tour was based predominantly in South Africa, with 17 of the 22 official tournaments being held in the country. One event each was held in Botswana, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe and two events were held in Zambia. Two events, the Dunhill Championship and the Mercedes Benz SA Open Championship were co-sanctioned by the European Tour.

The Order of Merit was won by Mark McNulty.

Schedule[]

The table below shows schedule of events for the 2000–01 Sunshine Tour. As usual, the tour consisted of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the "Summer Swing" and "Winter Swing". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally had much higher prize funds, attracted stronger fields, and were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points.

Prize funds shown did not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner OWGR
points 		Other
tours[a] 		Notes Ref.
18 Mar Cock of The North Zambia 100,000 South Africa Titch Moore (1) n/a New to Sunshine Tour [1]
26 Mar Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia 320,000 Republic of Ireland (1) n/a Not played since 1998 [2]
1 Apr Botswana 90,000 South Africa Richard Kaplan (4) n/a Not played since 1998 [3]
14 Apr Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Brett Liddle (6) n/a [4]
7 May Gauteng 100,000 South Africa Nico van Rensburg (5) n/a [5]
13 May Limpopo 75,000 Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux (3) n/a [6]
28 May Eastern Cape 100,000 South Africa (1) n/a [7]
17 Sep Gauteng 100,000 South Africa Des Terblanche (11) n/a New tournament [8]
1 Oct Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 100,000 South Africa Sean Pappas (4) n/a [9]
15 Oct Western Cape 100,000 South Africa Roger Wessels (8) n/a New tournament [10]
29 Oct Western Cape 100,000 South Africa Jean Hugo (2) n/a [11]
12 Nov Platinum Classic North West 200,000 South Africa Desvonde Botes (8) n/a [12]
17 Nov Gauteng 100,000 South Africa Ulrich van den Berg (1) n/a New tournament [13]
26 Nov CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 400,000 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty (30) 12 [14]
10 Dec Vodacom Players Championship Western Cape 1,000,000 South Africa Trevor Immelman (1) 26 [15]
14 Jan Nashua Nedtel Cellular Masters Eastern Cape 500,000 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty (31) 12 Not played since 1999 [16]
21 Jan Alfred Dunhill Championship Gauteng 3,250,000 Australia Adam Scott (n/a) 18 EUR [17]
28 Jan Mercedes-Benz South African Open Eastern Cape 3,800,000 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty (32) 32 EUR Flagship event [18]
4 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 1,000,000 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (n/a) 28 [19]
11 Feb South African PGA Championship Gauteng 500,000 South Africa Deane Pappas (1) 12 Not played since 1999 [20]
18 Feb Investec Royal Swazi Sun Open Swaziland 230,000 South Africa Bradford Vaughan (3) 12 [21]
25 Feb The Tour Championship Mpumalanga 1,250,000 South Africa Darren Fichardt (2) 16 New tournament; Tour Championship [22]
  1. ^ EUR − European Tour.

Order of Merit[]

Rank Player[23] Events Prize money (R)
1 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty 6 1,603,481
2 South Africa Bradford Vaughan 18 686,415
3 South Africa Roger Wessels 8 632,383
4 South Africa Hennie Otto 12 620,211
5 South Africa Trevor Immelman 10 619,766

References[]

  1. ^ Cock of the North results
  2. ^ Stanbic Zambia Open results
  3. ^ FNB Botswana Open results
  4. ^ Lombard Tyres Classic results
  5. ^ Vodacom Series: Gauteng results
  6. ^ Pietersburg Classic results
  7. ^ Vodacom Series: Eastern Cape results
  8. ^ Emfuleni Classic results
  9. ^ Bearing Man Highveld Classic results
  10. ^ Observatory Classic results
  11. ^ Western Cape Classic results
  12. ^ Platinum Classic results
  13. ^ Riviera Resort Classic results
  14. ^ CABS Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open results
  15. ^ Vodacom Players Championship results
  16. ^ Nashua Nedtel Cellular Masters results
  17. ^ Alfred Dunhill Championship results
  18. ^ Mercedes Benz SA Open Championship results
  19. ^ Dimension Data Pro-Am results
  20. ^ South African PGA Championship results
  21. ^ Investec Royal Swazi Sun Open results
  22. ^ The Tour Championship results
  23. ^ "2000/2001 Final Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. 2001-02-25. Retrieved 2014-07-20.

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