2000–01 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2000–01 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 29th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

2000–01 PGA Tour of Australasia season

Duration	16 November 2000 (2000-11-16) – 25 February 2001 (2001-02-25)
Number of official events	11
Most wins	Aaron Baddeley (2) David Smail (2)
Order of Merit	Aaron Baddeley
Player of the Year	Aaron Baddeley
Rookie of the Year	Aaron Baddeley
← 1999–2000 2002 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000–01 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
19 Nov	Johnnie Walker Classic	Thailand	£800,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	24	ASA, EUR
26 Nov	Holden Australian Open	Victoria	1,250,000	Aaron Baddeley (2)	32		Flagship event
3 Dec	Australian PGA Championship	Queensland	1,000,000	Robert Allenby (6)	16
10 Dec	Ford South Australian Open	South Australia	600,000	Peter Lonard (2)	16
14 Jan	ANZ Victorian Open Championship	Victoria	250,000	Scott Laycock (1)	16
21 Jan	New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$500,000	David Smail (1)	16
28 Jan	Canon Challenge	New South Wales	550,000	David Smail (2)	16
4 Feb	Heineken Classic	Western Australia	1,750,000	Michael Campbell (7)	20	EUR
18 Feb	Greg Norman Holden International	New South Wales	2,000,000	Aaron Baddeley (3)	22	EUR
18 Feb	Ericsson Masters	Victoria	1,000,000	Colin Montgomerie (n/a)	20
25 Feb	ANZ Tour Championship	New South Wales	1,500,000	Peter Lonard (3)	16		Tour Championship

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.^[2][3]

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Aaron Baddeley	662,126
2	Peter Lonard	579,388
3	Michael Campbell	484,732
4	David Smail	428,889
5	Nick O'Hern	385,730

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Aaron Baddeley	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Norman Von Nida Shield)	Aaron Baddeley	[4]

Australasian Development Tour

2001 Australasian Development Tour season

Duration	22 March 2001 (2001-03-22) – 21 October 2001 (2001-10-21)
Number of official events	10
Order of Merit	Chris Gray
← 2000

The 2001 Australasian Development Tour was the second and final season of the Australasian Development Tour, the official development tour of the PGA Tour of Australasia between 2000 and 2001.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner[c]	Ref.
25 Mar	Queensland PGA Championship	Queensland	100,000	Anthony Painter (1)	[5][6]
1 Apr	Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic	New Zealand	100,000	David Podlich (1)	[7]
8 Apr	Christchurch City Golf Classic	New Zealand	100,000	Alastair Sidford (1)	[8][9]
28 Apr	Schweppes SA PGA Championship	South Australia	100,000	Tony Carolan (1)	[10][11]
20 May	WA PGA Championship	Western Australia	100,000	Marcus Cain (1)	[12]
27 May	Western Australian Open	Western Australia	100,000	Kim Felton (1)	[13][14]
12 Aug	New Caledonia Open	New Caledonia	100,000	Les Miller (1)	[15]
19 Aug	Tahiti Open	Tahiti	100,000	Chris Gray (2)	[16]
14 Oct	Crown Victorian PGA Championship	Victoria	100,000	Nathan Gatehouse (1)	[17]
21 Oct	Toyota Southern Classic	New South Wales	100,000	Steven Alker (1)	[18]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.^[19] The top 20 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia.^[19]

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Chris Gray	36,225
2	Gavin Coles	30,756
3	Les Miller	27,145
4	Tony Carolan	26,450
5	David Podlich	24,674

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.
2. ASA − Asian PGA Tour; EUR − European Tour.
3. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Australasian Development Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Australasian Development Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour of Australasia.