The 2000–01 Sunshine Tour, titled as the 2000–01 Vodacom Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
It was the fourth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Vodacom, that was announced in June 1997.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2000–01 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes Cock of The North Zambia 200,000 Titch Moore (1) n/a New to Sunshine Tour Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia 500,000 James Loughnane (2) n/a FNB Botswana Open Botswana 180,000 Richard Kaplan (4) n/a Lombard Tyres Classic Gauteng 125,000 Brett Liddle (5) n/a Vodacom Series (Gauteng) Gauteng 200,000 Nico van Rensburg (2) n/a Pietersburg Classic Limpopo 125,000 Marc Cayeux (3) n/a Vodacom Series (Eastern Cape) Eastern Cape 200,000 Ryan Reid (1) n/a Emfuleni Classic Gauteng 200,000 Des Terblanche (5) n/a New tournament Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 200,000 Sean Pappas (4) n/a Observatory Classic Western Cape 200,000 Roger Wessels (4) n/a New tournament Western Cape Classic Western Cape 200,000 Jean Hugo (2) n/a Platinum Classic North West 400,000 Desvonde Botes (8) n/a Riviera Resort Classic Gauteng 200,000 Ulrich van den Berg (1) n/a New tournament CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 700,000 Mark McNulty (30) 12 Vodacom Players Championship Western Cape 2,000,000 Trevor Immelman (1) 26 Nashua Nedtel Cellular Masters Eastern Cape 1,000,000 Mark McNulty (31) 12 Alfred Dunhill Championship Gauteng £500,000 Adam Scott (n/a) 18 EUR Mercedes-Benz South African Open Eastern Cape US$1,000,000 Mark McNulty (32) 32 EUR Flagship event Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 2,000,000 Darren Clarke (n/a) 28 Pro-Am South African PGA Championship Gauteng 1,000,000 Deane Pappas (1) 12 Investec Royal Swazi Sun Open Swaziland 500,000 Bradford Vaughan (3) 12 The Tour Championship Mpumalanga 2,000,000 Darren Fichardt (2) 16 New tournamentTour Championship
Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.
PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 Mark McNulty 1,603,4812 Bradford Vaughan 686,4153 Roger Wessels 632,3834 Hennie Otto 620,2115 Trevor Immelman 619,766
Awards AwardWinner Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) Trevor Immelman
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