2000–01 Sunshine Tour

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.

2000–01 Sunshine Tour season

Duration	16 March 2000 (2000-03-16) – 25 February 2001 (2001-02-25)
Number of official events	22
Most wins	Mark McNulty (3)
Order of Merit	Mark McNulty
Rookie of the Year	Trevor Immelman
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

It was the fourth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Vodacom, that was announced in June 1997.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000–01 season.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
18 Mar	Cock of The North	Zambia	200,000	Titch Moore (1)	n/a		New to Sunshine Tour
26 Mar	Stanbic Zambia Open	Zambia	500,000	James Loughnane (2)	n/a
1 Apr	FNB Botswana Open	Botswana	180,000	Richard Kaplan (4)	n/a
14 Apr	Lombard Tyres Classic	Gauteng	125,000	Brett Liddle (5)	n/a
7 May	Vodacom Series (Gauteng)	Gauteng	200,000	Nico van Rensburg (2)	n/a
13 May	Pietersburg Classic	Limpopo	125,000	Marc Cayeux (3)	n/a
28 May	Vodacom Series (Eastern Cape)	Eastern Cape	200,000	Ryan Reid (1)	n/a
17 Sep	Emfuleni Classic	Gauteng	200,000	Des Terblanche (5)	n/a		New tournament
1 Oct	Bearing Man Highveld Classic	Mpumalanga	200,000	Sean Pappas (4)	n/a
15 Oct	Observatory Classic	Western Cape	200,000	Roger Wessels (4)	n/a		New tournament
29 Oct	Western Cape Classic	Western Cape	200,000	Jean Hugo (2)	n/a
12 Nov	Platinum Classic	North West	400,000	Desvonde Botes (8)	n/a
17 Nov	Riviera Resort Classic	Gauteng	200,000	Ulrich van den Berg (1)	n/a		New tournament
26 Nov	CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	700,000	Mark McNulty (30)	12
10 Dec	Vodacom Players Championship	Western Cape	2,000,000	Trevor Immelman (1)	26
14 Jan	Nashua Nedtel Cellular Masters	Eastern Cape	1,000,000	Mark McNulty (31)	12
21 Jan	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Gauteng	£500,000	Adam Scott (n/a)	18	EUR
28 Jan	Mercedes-Benz South African Open	Eastern Cape	US$1,000,000	Mark McNulty (32)	32	EUR	Flagship event
4 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	North West	2,000,000	Darren Clarke (n/a)	28		Pro-Am
11 Feb	South African PGA Championship	Gauteng	1,000,000	Deane Pappas (1)	12
18 Feb	Investec Royal Swazi Sun Open	Swaziland	500,000	Bradford Vaughan (3)	12
25 Feb	The Tour Championship	Mpumalanga	2,000,000	Darren Fichardt (2)	16		New tournament Tour Championship

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.^[3][4]

Position	Player	Prize money (R)
1	Mark McNulty	1,603,481
2	Bradford Vaughan	686,415
3	Roger Wessels	632,383
4	Hennie Otto	620,211
5	Trevor Immelman	619,766

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)	Trevor Immelman	[5]

Notes

1. 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.
2. EUR − European Tour.