Sarah Hokom

Sarah Hokom
 Disc Golfer 
Personal information
Born 1982
Caldwell, ID
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Nationality  United States
Residence Freedom, CA
Career
College George Washington University
Turned professional 2008
Current tour(s) PDGA National Tour
Disc Golf Pro Tour
Professional wins 60
Number of wins by tour
PDGA National Tour 6
Disc Golf Pro Tour 2
Best results in major championships
PDGA World Championships Won: 2012
USWDGC Won: 2013, 2016
European Masters 5th: 2014
European Open 2nd: 2015
Achievements and awards
Disc Golf Pro Tour
Points Champion
2016

Sarah Hokom is an American professional disc golfer. She is a former World Champion and 2-time reigning US Women’s Champion. Hokom is known best for her sidearm drives.[1]

Hokom became a touring professional in 2009, and was sponsored by Discraft.[1] She won her first PDGA National Tour (NT) event, King of the Lake, in 2011, and followed up with two additional NT wins that year, finishing in second place behind Valarie Jenkins in the Series by a single point.[2] Hokom went on to win the World Championships in 2012. She switched sponsors in 2013 to Prodigy [3] and won her first US Women’s Disc Golf Championship. In 2015, Hokom switched sponsors again to Legacy Discs and launched her own disc golf retail company, Cali Connection Disc Golf.[4]

Professional career

Since 2008, Hokom has won 60 professional events, including 3 majors and 6 NT events.[5] In 2016, she won the inaugural Disc Golf Pro Tour Points Series.[6]

Major wins

Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner UpPrize Money
2012PDGA World Championships -1 -7 (50-57-56-48-52-55-53-32=403) Valarie Jenkins $2,000
2013 USWDGC -2 -20 (59-51-48-64=222) Catrina Allen $1,400
2016 USWDGC -3 -3 (61-59-55-66=241) Madison Walker $1,325

National Tour wins

Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner UpPrize Money
2011 King of the Lake -2 (59-66-55-65=245) Catrina Allen $415
2011 Pittsburgh Flying Disc Open -4 -3 (65-67-66-57=255) Paige Pierce $700
2011 Vibram Open -1 (67-67-64=198) Sarah Stanhope $2,000
2012 Master’s Cup -6 +11 (84-82-88=254) Valarie Jenkins/Catrina Allen $1,055
2013 Texas State Championships -9 +12 (80-79-72=231) Catrina Allen $845
2013 Great Lakes Open -1 +3 (63-61-65=189) Paige Pierce $1,000

Summary

Competition Tier Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Events
World Championships 1 1 0 3 7
Other Majors 2 2 2 8 13
National Tour 6 6 5 32 47

Annual statistics

Year Events Wins Top 3 Earnings $ / Event RatingWorld
Rankings
2008 12 3 8 $1,118 $93.17 883-
2009 21 6 13 $1,320 $62.86 878-
2010 28 13 19 $4,313 $154.04 9258
2011 21 7 16 $8,526 $406.00 9555
2012 22 10 18 $11,433 $519.68 9603
2013 25 11 17 $13,330$533.20 9595
2014 23 1 11 $4,507 $195.96 9338
2015 19 2 11 $12,262 $645.37 9493
2016* 18 7 16 $13,806 $727.00 952-
Career 189 60 129$69,895 $369.81--

At Year End
*As of October 2016
Includes DGPT Championship (not PDGA sanctioned)

Equipment

Hokom is sponsored by Legacy discs. She commonly carries the following discs:[7]

Drivers

Midranges

Putters

External links

References

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