Sarah Hokom

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Sarah Hokom
— Disc Golfer —
Personal information
Born1982
Caldwell, ID
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Nationality United States
ResidenceCaldwell, ID
Career
CollegeGeorge Washington University
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s)PDGA National Tour
Disc Golf Pro Tour
Professional wins60
Number of wins by tour
PDGA National Tour6
Disc Golf Pro Tour2
Best results in major championships
PDGA World ChampionshipsWon: 2012
Won: 2013, 2016
European Masters5th: 2014
European Open2nd: 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 Disc [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] 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.[7] 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.[8]

Major wins[]

Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2012 PDGA 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 Up Prize 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 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 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 Rating† World
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 $154.04 925 8
2011 21 7 16 $8,526 $406.00 955 5
2012 22 10 18 $11,433 $519.68 960 3
2013 25 11 17 $13,330 $533.20 959 5
2014 23 1 11 $4,507 $195.96 933 8
2015 19 2 11 $12,262 $645.37 949 3
2016 18‡ 7 16 $13,806 $727.00 952 -
Career 189 60 129 $69,895 $369.81 - -

†At Year End
‡ Includes DGPT Championship (not PDGA sanctioned)

Equipment[]

Hokom is sponsored by MVP discs starting in 2019.

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Loomis, D. "Sarah Hokom: Sidearm driven".
  2. ^ "NT Points Winners!".
  3. ^ Giggey, B. "Prodigy Disc and "Vested Interest"".
  4. ^ Parcell, Z. "SmashBoxxTV Podcast #13: Sarah Hokom makes the move to Legacy Discs".
  5. ^ "PDGA Player Page: Sarah Hokom".
  6. ^ "2016 Points Champions Crowned".
  7. ^ "UDisc Live Player Profile".
  8. ^ Colucci, Alex (October 20, 2017). "Hokom, Waibel Suggest Changes To Women's Payout Structure". Ultiworld Disc Golf.
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