2000–01 PGA Tour of Australasia
Golf tour season
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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.
Aaron Baddeley (2)
David Smail (2) Aaron Baddeley| Duration | 16 November 2000 – 25 February 2001 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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
Australasian Development Tour
| Duration | 22 March 2001 – 21 October 2001 |
|---|---|
| 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
- 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.
- ASA − Asian PGA Tour; EUR − European Tour.
- 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.