2001–02 Sunshine Tour
The 2001–02 Sunshine Tour was the second season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was rebranded in 2000. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.
There were 22 official events on the schedule. This was an decrease of one from the previous year, but there was a significant change in the list of tournaments.
There were eight tournaments from the previous season that were eliminated or not played:
- Riviera Resort Classic
- Vodacom Series: Eastern Cape
- Vodacom Series: Gauteng
- Emfuleni Classic
- Ernie Els Invitational
- Observatory Classic
- Lombard Tyres Classic
- Royal Swazi Sun Open
- Goldfields Powerade Classic
- Blomfontein Classic
- Randfontein Classic
- Atlantic Beach Classic
- Graceland Challenge
- Vodacom Trophy
- Royal Swazi Sun Classic
The Order of Merit was won by Tim Clark.
Schedule
The table below shows schedule of events for the 2001–02 Sunshine Tour. As usual, the tour consisted of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the "Summer Swing" and "Winter Swing". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally had much higher prize funds, attracted stronger fields, and were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points.Prize funds shown did not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.
Year | Dates | Tournament | Venue | Prize fund | Winner | Notes | Ref |
2001 | 8–11 Mar | Stanbic Zambia Open | Lusaka Golf Club, Zambia | 275,000 | ![]() | ||
2001 | 16–18 Mar | Cock of the North | Ndola Golf Club, Zambia | 100,000 | ![]() | Last year of tournament | |
2001 | 29–31 Mar | FNB Botswana Open | Gaborone Golf Club, Botswana | 125,000 | ![]() | ||
2001 | 20–22 Apr | Royal Swazi Sun Classic | Royal Swazi Sun Country Club, Swaziland | 100,000 | ![]() | New tournament | |
2001 | 10–12 May | Pietersburg Industrelek Classic | Pietersburg Golf Club | 100,000 | ![]() | ||
2001 | 7–9 Sep | Goldfields Powerade Classic | Oppenheimer Park Golf Club | 100,000 | ![]() | New tournament, only played in 2001 | |
2001 | 11–13 Sep | Bloemfontein Classic | Schoeman Park Golf Club | 100,000 | ![]() | New tournament, first time played since 1995 | |
2001 | 26–28 Sep | Randfontein Classic | Randfontein Country Club | 100,000 | ![]() | New tournament, only played in 2001 | |
2001 | 5–7 Oct | Bearing Man Highveld Classic | Witbank Golf Club | 100,000 | ![]() | ||
2001 | 10–12 Oct | Atlantic Beach Classic | Atlantic Beach Golf Club | 100,000 | ![]() | New tournament, only played in 2001 | |
2001 | 18–20 Oct | Western Cape Classic | Rondebosch Golf Club | 100,000 | ![]() | Last year of tournament | |
2001 | 25–27 Oct | Vodacom Trophy | Zwartkop Country Club | 100,000 | ![]() | New tournament | |
2001 | 8–10 Nov | Graceland Challenge | Graceland Country Club | 100,000 | ![]() | New tournament, only played in 2001 | |
2001 | 16–18 Nov | Platinum Classic | Mooi Nooi Golf Club | 225,000 | ![]() | ||
2001 | 22–25 Nov | CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open | Chapman Golf Club, Zimbabwe | 450,000 | ![]() | Last year of tournament until 2010 | |
2001 | 7–9 Dec | Vodacom Players Championship | Royal Cape Golf Club | 800,000 | ![]() | ||
2002 | 10–13 Jan | Bell's South African Open Championship | Durban Country Club | 4,250,000 | ![]() | Co-sanctioned with European Tour | |
2002 | 17–20 Jan | Dunhill Championship | Houghton Golf Club | 3,500,000 | ![]() | Co-sanctioned with European Tour | |
2002 | 24–27 Jan | Telkom PGA Championship | Woodhill Country Club | 475,000 | ![]() | ||
2002 | 31 Jan – 3 Feb | Dimension Data Better Ball | Gary Player Country Club | 110,000 | ![]() | Unofficial tournament | |
2002 | 31 Jan – 3 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | Gary Player Country Club | 1,250,000 | ![]() | ||
2002 | 7–10 Feb | Nashua Masters | Wild Coast Sun Country Club | 500,000 | ![]() | ||
2002 | 14–17 Feb | The Tour Championship | Leopard Creek Country Club | 1,100,000 | ![]() |