| Year: | 2000–01 |
| Tour: | Sunshine Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 22 |
| Most Wins: | Mark McNulty (3) |
| Honor1: | Order of Merit |
| Honoree1: | Mark McNulty |
| Honor2: | Players' Player of the Year |
| Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
| Honoree3: |  Trevor Immelman |
| Prevseason: | 1999–2000 |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
The 2000–01 Sunshine Tour, titled as the 2000–01 Vodacom Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
It was the fourth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Vodacom, that was announced in June 1997.[1]
The following table lists official events during the 2000–01 season.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 200,000 | Titch Moore (1) | n/a | New to Sunshine Tour | ||||
| Zambia | 500,000 |  James Loughnane (2) | n/a | |||||
| Botswana | 180,000 | Richard Kaplan (4) | n/a | |||||
| Gauteng | 125,000 | Brett Liddle (5) | n/a | |||||
| Vodacom Series (Gauteng) | Gauteng | 200,000 | Nico van Rensburg (2) | n/a | ||||
| Limpopo | 125,000 |  Marc Cayeux (3) | n/a | |||||
| Vodacom Series (Eastern Cape) | Eastern Cape | 200,000 | Ryan Reid (1) | n/a | ||||
| Gauteng | 200,000 | Des Terblanche (5) | n/a | New tournament | ||||
| Mpumalanga | 200,000 | Sean Pappas (4) | n/a | |||||
| Western Cape | 200,000 | Roger Wessels (4) | n/a | New tournament | ||||
| Western Cape | 200,000 | Jean Hugo (2) | n/a | |||||
| North West | 400,000 | Desvonde Botes (8) | n/a | |||||
| Gauteng | 200,000 | Ulrich van den Berg (1) | n/a | New tournament | ||||
| Zimbabwe | 700,000 | Mark McNulty (30) | 12 | |||||
| Western Cape | 2,000,000 | Trevor Immelman (1) | 26 | |||||
| Eastern Cape | 1,000,000 | Mark McNulty (31) | 12 | |||||
| Gauteng | £500,000 |  Adam Scott (n/a) | 18 | |||||
| Eastern Cape | US$1,000,000 | Mark McNulty (32) | 32 | Flagship event | ||||
| North West | 2,000,000 | Darren Clarke (n/a) | 28 | Pro-Am | ||||
| Gauteng | 1,000,000 | Deane Pappas (1) | 12 | |||||
| Swaziland | 500,000 | Bradford Vaughan (3) | 12 | |||||
| Mpumalanga | 2,000,000 | Darren Fichardt (2) | 16 | New tournament Tour Championship |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[3] [4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (R) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,603,481 | ||
| 2 | 686,415 | ||
| 3 | 632,383 | ||
| 4 | 620,211 | ||
| 5 | 619,766 |