2000–01 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2000–01 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. The events were played during the calendar years of 2000 and 2001.

2000–01 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration16 November 2000 (2000-11-16) – 25 February 2001 (2001-02-25)
Number of official events11
Most wins2:
Aaron Baddeley
David Smail
Order of Merit Aaron Baddeley
Player of the Year Aaron Baddeley
Norman Von Nida Shield Aaron Baddeley
2002 →

The Order of Merit was won by rookie Aaron Baddeley,[1] who won twice during the season including a successful defence of the Holden Australian Open title, which he had won as an amateur in 1999.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2000–01 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 1]		 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

Sources:[2][3][4][5]

Order of Merit
PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Aaron Baddeley662,125
2 Peter Lonard579,388
3 Michael Campbell484,732
4 David Smail428,889
5 Nick O'Hern385,730
6 Nathan Green301,213
7 Geoff Ogilvy287,837
8 Jarrod Moseley202,945
9 Rod Pampling200,492
10 Peter O'Malley185,535

Sources:[1][6]

Awards
AwardWinner
Player of the Year Aaron Baddeley
Best overseas performer Robert Allenby
Jack Newton Shield (Most consistent performer) Nick O'Hern
Norman Von Nida Shield (Rookie of the Year) Aaron Baddeley

Source:[1]

Development Tour

The Development Tour consisted of 10 tournaments played between March and October 2001.

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

Order of Merit leaders

Chris Gray won the Order of Merit, with Gavin Coles second. The leading five are given below.[21]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Chris Gray36,225
2 Gavin Coles30,756
3 Les Miller27,145
4 Tony Carolan26,450
5 David Podlich24,674

Notes
  1. ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

References
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  10. Buckmaster, Julian. "Sidford gets it Wright". PGA Tour of Australia. Archived from the original on 19 April 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  11. "Christchurch City Golf Classic". PGA of Australia. 10 April 2001. Archived from the original on 7 July 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  12. "Carolan claims SA PGA". PGA Tour of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 June 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  13. "2001 Schweppes SA PGA Championship". PGA of Australia. 30 April 2001. Archived from the original on 7 July 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  14. "Cain wins WA PGA". PGA Tour of Australia. Archived from the original on 19 June 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  15. "Felton's WA Open in playoff". PGA Tour of Australia. Archived from the original on 19 June 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  16. "Western Australian Open Championship". PGA of Australia. 28 May 2001. Archived from the original on 11 July 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  17. "Miller time in New Caledonia". PGA Tour of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 November 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  18. "Gray snares Tahiti Open". PGA Tour of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 January 2002. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  19. Buckmaster, Julian. "Gatehouse holds off Coles to win Victorian PGA". PGA Tour of Australia. Archived from the original on 22 November 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  20. Buckmaster, Julian. "Alker pips Coles for final Development Tour win". PGA Tour of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 November 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  21. Buckmaster, Julian. "Gray tops Development Tour Money List". PGA Tour of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 November 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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