2001 Buy.com Tour

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2001 Buy.com Tour season
DurationMarch 8, 2001 (2001-03-08) – October 28, 2001 (2001-10-28)
Number of official events28 [lower-alpha 1]
Most wins Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bates (3)
Flag of the United States.svg Chad Campbell (3)
Flag of the United States.svg Heath Slocum (3)
Money list Flag of the United States.svg Chad Campbell
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Chad Campbell
← 2000
2002 →

The 2001 Buy.com Tour was the 12th season of the Buy.com Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season. [1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)		Winner [lower-alpha 2] OWGR
points		Notes
Mar 11 Buy.com Florida Classic Florida425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Couch (1)6
Mar 18 Buy.com Monterrey Open Mexico450,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Deane Pappas (2)6
Apr 1 Buy.com Louisiana Open Louisiana450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Claxton (1)6
Apr 22 Buy.com Arkansas Classic Arkansas450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Quigley (2)6New tournament
Apr 29 Buy.com Charity Pro-Am South Carolina500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Byrd (1)6Pro-Am
May 6 Buy.com Carolina Classic North Carolina450,000 Flag of the United States.svg John Maginnes (3)6
May 13 Buy.com Virginia Beach Open Virginia425,000 Flag of Namibia.svg Trevor Dodds (3)6
May 20 Buy.com Richmond Open Virginia425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Chad Campbell (1)6
Jun 3 Buy.com Steamtown Classic Pennsylvania425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Hill (1)6
Jun 10 Samsung Canadian PGA Championship Canada450,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richard Zokol (1)6New to Buy.com Tour
Jun 17 Buy.com Greater Cleveland Open Ohio425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Heath Slocum (1)6
Jun 24 Buy.com Dayton Open Ohio425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Todd Barranger (1)6
Jul 1 Buy.com Knoxville Open Tennessee425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Heath Slocum (2)6
Jul 8 Buy.com Hershey Open Pennsylvania425,000 Flag of the United States.svg John Rollins (1)6
Jul 15 Buy.com Wichita Open Kansas425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Dufner (1)6
Jul 22 Buy.com Siouxland Open South Dakota425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bates (3)6
Jul 29 Buy.com Ozarks Open Missouri450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Steve Haskins (1)6
Aug 5 Buy.com Omaha Classic Nebraska525,000 Flag of the United States.svg Heath Slocum (3) [lower-alpha 3] 6
Aug 12 Buy.com Fort Smith Classic Arkansas425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jay Delsing (1)6
Aug 19 Buy.com Permian Basin Open Texas425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Chad Campbell (2)6
Sep 2 Buy.com Utah Classic Utah425,000 Flag of the United States.svg David Sutherland (1)6
Sep 9 Buy.com Tri-Cities Open Washington425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Guy Boros (1)6
Sep 16 Buy.com Oregon Classic Oregon–Canceled [lower-alpha 4] –
Sep 23 Buy.com Boise Open Idaho556,000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Long (1)6
Sep 30 Buy.com Inland Empire Open California425,000 Flag of the United States.svg D. A. Points (1)6
Oct 7 Buy.com Monterey Peninsula Classic California450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Chad Campbell (3) [lower-alpha 5] 6
Oct 14 Buy.com Gila River Classic Arizona425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Crane (2)6New tournament
Oct 21 Buy.com Shreveport Open Louisiana425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bates (4)6
Oct 28 Buy.com Tour Championship Alabama600,000 Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bates (5)6Tour Championship

Money list

For full rankings, see 2001 Buy.com Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. [5] [6] The top 15 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2002 PGA Tour. [7]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Flag of the United States.svg Chad Campbell 394,552
2 Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bates 352,261
3 Flag of the United States.svg Heath Slocum 339,670
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Pampling 306,573
5 Flag of South Africa.svg Deane Pappas 271,169

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Chad Campbell [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ A further one tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
  2. ↑ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Buy.com Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Buy.com Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Buy.com Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.
  3. ↑ Slocum earned immediate promotion to the PGA Tour, as this was his third win of the season. [2]
  4. ↑ Canceled due to the September 11 attacks. [3]
  5. ↑ Campbell earned immediate promotion to the PGA Tour, as this was his third win of the season. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "2001 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 18, 2001. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Slocum promoted after win in Omaha". The Vicksburg Post. Vicksburg, Mississippi. August 8, 2001. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ Brown, Clifton (September 13, 2001). "Golf; Golf Events Canceled". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2023. The Tampa Bay Classic, the Senior Tour Vantage Championship, and the Buy.com Oregon Classic were also canceled.
  4. ↑ "2001: Campbell earns Tour 'promotion'". Golfweek. November 28, 2001. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  5. ↑ "2001 money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Woods, Doyle, Campbell honored". Lodi News-Sentinel. Lodi, California. December 20, 2001. p. 10 (16 in paper). Retrieved September 2, 2023– via Google News Archive. He set a single-season earnings record for the Buy.com Tour with $394,552.
  7. ↑ "Pappas brothers earn PGA cards". Ocala Star-Banner. Ocala, Florida. October 30, 2001. p. 12 (3D in paper). Retrieved September 2, 2023– via Google News Archive. ...giving him a 2002 PGA Tour card as one of the top 15 money-winners on the Buy.com Tour.
  8. ↑ "Former UNLV standout Chad Campbell honored". Las Vegas Sun. December 20, 2001. Retrieved September 2, 2023. UNLV alum Chad Campbell was honored by the PGA as the Buy.com Tour's Player of the Year.
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