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2001–02 Sunshine Tour

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2001–02 Sunshine Tour season
Duration8 March 2001 (2001-03-08) – 17 February 2002 (2002-02-17)
Number of official events22
Most winsSouth Africa James Kingston (2)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Tim Clark
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Nicholas Lawrence

The 2001–02 Sunshine Tour was the 31st season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2001–02 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
11 Mar Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia £50,000 England Mark Foster (1) 6 CHA
18 Mar Cock of The North Zambia 200,000 Zimbabwe Sean Farrell (1) n/a
31 Mar FNB Botswana Open Botswana 150,000 Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux (4) n/a
22 Apr Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 200,000 South Africa Titch Moore (2) n/a
12 May Pietersburg Industrelek Classic Limpopo 200,000 South Africa Ryan Reid (2) n/a
9 Sep Goldfields Powerade Classic Free State 200,000 South Africa Callie Swart (2) n/a New tournament
13 Sep Bloemfontein Classic Free State 200,000 South Africa André Cruse (1) n/a
28 Sep Randfontein Classic Gauteng 200,000 South Africa James Kingston (4) n/a New tournament
7 Oct Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 200,000 South Africa Justin Hobday (11) n/a
12 Oct Atlantic Beach Classic Western Cape 200,000 South Africa James Kingston (5) n/a New tournament
20 Oct Western Cape Classic Western Cape 200,000 South Africa Lindani Ndwandwe (1) n/a
27 Oct Vodacom Trophy Gauteng 200,000 South Africa Ulrich van den Berg (2) n/a New tournament
10 Nov Graceland Challenge Mpumalanga 200,000 South Africa Warren Abery (2) n/a New tournament
18 Nov Platinum Classic North West 440,000 South Africa Roger Wessels (5) n/a
25 Nov CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,000,000 South Africa Darren Fichardt (3) 12
9 Dec Vodacom Players Championship Western Cape 2,000,000 South Africa Ernie Els (12) 20
13 Jan Bell's South African Open KwaZulu-Natal £500,000 South Africa Tim Clark (1) 32 EUR Flagship event
20 Jan Dunhill Championship Gauteng £500,000 England Justin Rose (1) 22 EUR
27 Jan Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 1,000,000 South Africa Chris Williams (6) 12
3 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 2,000,000 South Africa Retief Goosen (4) 26 Pro-Am
10 Feb Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,000,000 England Justin Rose (2) 12
17 Feb The Tour Championship Mpumalanga 2,000,000 South Africa Nicholas Lawrence (1) 12 Tour Championship

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (R)
1 South Africa Tim Clark 1,669,901
2 England Justin Rose 1,476,006
3 South Africa Retief Goosen 1,364,977
4 South Africa Martin Maritz 1,042,806
5 South Africa James Kingston 706,234

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) South Africa Nicholas Lawrence [3]

Notes

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  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. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2001/02 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2001/02 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Winter, Grant (17 February 2002). "Now rookie Lawrence is set to tackle Tiger". Independent Online. Retrieved 10 September 2023. Clark's R184,100 for joint second place saw him comfortably top the Order of Merit with R1,669,900... Lawrence's heady triumph in this event, which brought the 2001/2002 Sunshine Tour to a close, earned him Rookie of the Year honours as well as a five-year exemption on tour.
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