Sarah Hokom Explained

Sarah Hokom
Birth Date:1982
Birth Place:Caldwell, ID
Height:5 ft 10 in
Residence:Caldwell, ID
College:George Washington University
Status:Professional
Yearpro:2008
Tour:PDGA National Tour
Disc Golf Pro Tour
Prowins:60
Pdgawins:6
Dgptwins:2
Worlds:Won: 2012
Uswdgc:Won: 2013, 2016
Euromast:5th: 2014
Euroopen:2nd: 2015
Award1:Disc Golf Pro Tour
Points Champion
Year1:2016

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.[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] 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.[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 UpPrize Money
2012PDGA World Championships align="center"-1 -7 (50-57-56-48-52-55-53-32=403) Valarie Jenkins $2,000
2013USWDGC align="center"-2 -20 (59-51-48-64=222) $1,400
2016USWDGC -3 -3 (61-59-55-66=241)Madison Walker $1,325

National Tour wins

Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner UpPrize Money
2011King of the Lake -2 (59-66-55-65=245) Catrina Allen $415
2011Pittsburgh Flying Disc Open -4 -3 (65-67-66-57=255) $700
2011 align="center"-1 (67-67-64=198) Sarah Stanhope $2,000
2012 Masters Cup align="center" -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) $1,000

Summary

Competition TierWins2nd3rdTop-5Events
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 883align=center-
2009 21 6 13 $1,320 $62.86 878align=center-
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 187 16 $13,806 $727.00 952align=center-
201726717$19,312$742.77960
2018301023$24,770$825.67963
201927814$20,641$764.48966
202015511$13,523$901.53967
202124213$41,932$1,747.17968
Career 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

Notes and References

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