Sarah Hokom is an American professional disc golfer. She is a former World Champion and 2-time US Women’s Champion. Hokom is known best for her sidearm drives.
Hokom became a touring professional in 2009, and was sponsored by Discraft. 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. Hokom went on to win the World Championships in 2012. She switched sponsors in 2013 to Prodigy Disc 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. In 2018 Sarah joined Team MVP and is currently sponsored by MVP Disc Sports.
Professional career
Since 2008, Hokom has won 60 professional events, including 3 majors and 6 NT events. In 2016, she won the inaugural Disc Golf Pro Tour Points Series. In 2017, she finished second in the Disc Golf Pro Tour Points Series, finishing in second place at five of the nine events, and tying for first place at the weather shorted Nick Hyde Memorial. Throughout her career Hokom has been one of the more outspoken players advocating for women in the sport and in 2017 she suggested changes to the payout structure for the Open Women's division at PDGA sanctioned events.
Major wins
Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner UpPrize Money2012PDGA World Championships -1 -7 (50-57-56-48-52-55-53-32=403) Valarie Jenkins $2,0002013 USWDGC -2 -20 (59-51-48-64=222) Catrina Allen $1,4002016 USWDGC -3 -3 (61-59-55-66=241) Madison Walker $1,325
National Tour wins
Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner UpPrize Money2011 King of the Lake -2 (59-66-55-65=245) Catrina Allen $4152011 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 Masters 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 TierWins2nd3rdTop-5EventsWorld 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 Rating†WorldRankings†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 92582011 21 7 16 $8,526 $406.00 95552012 22 10 18 $11,433 $519.68 96032013 25 11 17 $13,330$533.20 95952014 23 1 11 $4,507 $195.96 93382015 19 2 11 $12,262 $645.37 94932016 18‡ 7 16 $13,806 $727.00 952-201726717$19,312$742.779602018301023$24,770$825.67963201927814$20,641$764.48966202015511$13,523$901.53967202124213$41,932$1,747.17968Career 311 92 207$190,793 $613.48-- †At Year End ‡ Includes DGPT Championship (not PDGA sanctioned)
Equipment Hokom is sponsored by MVP discs starting in 2019.
External links
MVP Disc Sports Player Page PDGA Player Page Cali Connection Disc Golf
References