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 The following table lists official events during the 2001–02 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia £50,000 Mark Foster (1) 6 CHA Cock of The North Zambia 200,000 Sean Farrell (1) n/a FNB Botswana Open Botswana 150,000 Marc Cayeux (4) n/a Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 200,000 Titch Moore (2) n/a Pietersburg Industrelek Classic Limpopo 200,000 Ryan Reid (2) n/a Goldfields Powerade Classic Free State 200,000 Callie Swart (2) n/a New tournament Bloemfontein Classic Free State 200,000 André Cruse (1) n/a Randfontein Classic Gauteng 200,000 James Kingston (4) n/a New tournament Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 200,000 Justin Hobday (11) n/a Atlantic Beach Classic Western Cape 200,000 James Kingston (5) n/a New tournament Western Cape Classic Western Cape 200,000 Lindani Ndwandwe (1) n/a Vodacom Trophy Gauteng 200,000 Ulrich van den Berg (2) n/a New tournament Graceland Challenge Mpumalanga 200,000 Warren Abery (2) n/a New tournament Platinum Classic North West 440,000 Roger Wessels (5) n/a CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,000,000 Darren Fichardt (3) 12 Vodacom Players Championship Western Cape 2,000,000 Ernie Els (12) 20 Bell's South African Open KwaZulu-Natal £500,000 Tim Clark (1) 32 EUR Flagship event Dunhill Championship Gauteng £500,000 Justin Rose (1) 22 EUR Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 1,000,000 Chris Williams (6) 12 Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 2,000,000 Retief Goosen (4) 26 Pro-Am Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,000,000 Justin Rose (2) 12 The Tour Championship Mpumalanga 2,000,000 Nicholas Lawrence (1) 12 Tour Championship
Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.
PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 Tim Clark 1,669,9012 Justin Rose 1,476,0063 Retief Goosen 1,364,9774 Martin Maritz 1,042,8065 James Kingston 706,234
Awards AwardWinner Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) Nicholas Lawrence
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