2000–01 Sunshine Tour

Golf tour season September 2023 2000–01 Sunshine Tour 2000 3 16 y – 2001 2 25 y 22 ZIM Mark McNulty (3) Order of Merit ZIM Mark McNulty Players' Player of the Year Rookie of the Year ZAF Trevor Immelman 1999–2000 2001–02 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.https://mg.co.za/article/1997-06-13-vodacom-boosts-pga-tour-annoys-competitor/?amp Vodacom boosts PGA tour, annoys competitor Mail & Guardian Johannesburg, South Africa 13 June 1997 8 October 2023 Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2000–01 season.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=201S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2000/01 Tournament schedule Sunshine Tour 10 September 2023 DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)Winnertotals The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Sunshine Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.OWGRpointsOthertoursEUR − European Tour.Notes 18 Mar 2000 dm Cock of The North Zambia 200,000 ZAF Titch Moore (1) n/a New to Sunshine Tour 26 Mar 2000 dm Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia 500,000 IRL James Loughnane (2) n/a 1 Apr 2000 dm FNB Botswana Open Botswana 180,000 ZAF Richard Kaplan (4) n/a 14 Apr 2000 dm Lombard Tyres Classic Gauteng 125,000 ZAF Brett Liddle (5) n/a 7 May 2000 dm Vodacom Series (Gauteng) Gauteng 200,000 ZAF Nico van Rensburg (2) n/a 13 May 2000 dm Pietersburg Classic Limpopo 125,000 ZWE Marc Cayeux (3) n/a 28 May 2000 dm Vodacom Series (Eastern Cape) Eastern Cape 200,000 ZAF Ryan Reid (1) n/a 17 Sep 2000 dm Emfuleni Classic Gauteng 200,000 ZAF Des Terblanche (5) n/a New tournament 1 Oct 2000 dm Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 200,000 ZAF Sean Pappas (4) n/a 15 Oct 2000 dm Observatory Classic Western Cape 200,000 ZAF Roger Wessels (4) n/a New tournament 29 Oct 2000 dm Western Cape Classic Western Cape 200,000 ZAF Jean Hugo (2) n/a 12 Nov 2000 dm Platinum Classic North West 400,000 ZAF Desvonde Botes (8) n/a 17 Nov 2000 dm Riviera Resort Classic Gauteng 200,000 ZAF Ulrich van den Berg (1) n/a New tournament 26 Nov 2000 dm CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 700,000 ZWE Mark McNulty (30) 12 10 Dec 2000 dm Vodacom Players Championship Western Cape 2,000,000 ZAF Trevor Immelman (1) 26 14 Jan 2001 dm Nashua Nedtel Cellular Masters Eastern Cape 1,000,000 ZWE Mark McNulty (31) 12 21 Jan 2001 dm Alfred Dunhill Championship Gauteng £500,000 AUS Adam Scott (n/a) 18 EUR 28 Jan 2001 dm Mercedes-Benz South African Open Eastern Cape US$1,000,000 ZWE Mark McNulty (32) 32 EUR Flagship event 4 Feb 2001 dm Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 2,000,000 NIR Darren Clarke (n/a) 28 Pro-Am 11 Feb 2001 dm South African PGA Championship Gauteng 1,000,000 ZAF Deane Pappas (1) 12 18 Feb 2001 dm Investec Royal Swazi Sun Open Swaziland 500,000 ZAF Bradford Vaughan (3) 12 25 Feb 2001 dm The Tour Championship Mpumalanga 2,000,000 ZAF 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.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=FT~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=201S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2000/01 Order of Merit Sunshine Tour 10 September 2023https://www.iol.co.za/sport/golf/els-back-for-finale-492803 Els back for finale Independent Online 20 February 2001 10 September 2023 McNulty's ownership of the Order of Merit title is assured, having amassed over R1.5-million in five events. PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 ZIM Mark McNulty 1,603,4812 ZAF Bradford Vaughan 686,4153 ZAF Roger Wessels 632,3834 ZAF Hennie Otto 620,2115 ZAF Trevor Immelman 619,766 Awards AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s) Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) ZAF Trevor Immelman https://www.news24.com/news24/xarchive/sport/golf/fichardts-putter-puts-him-in-lead-20010224 Fichardt's putter puts him in lead News24 24 February 2001 10 September 2023 Rookie of the Year Immelman is looking good to overhaul both Roger Wessels and Bradford Vaughan for second spot on the order of merit behind Mark McNulty. Notes References External links http://sunshinetour.com/ Category:Sunshine Tour seasons Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour