Craig Hocknull

PGA Classification: A-8
PGA Section: Metropolitan & Southwest
PGA Membership: 2001

Facility: Glen Arbor Golf Club, Bedford Hills, N.Y.

Notes: PGA Lead Assistant Professional at Glen Arbor Golf Club and Owner, Inventor and Director of Instruction at Saber Golf...He is making his eighth career start in the PGA Professional Championship...Posted consecutive Top-20 finishes at the 2018 and '19 PGA Professional Championship and advanced to the PGA Championship at Bellerive (2018) and Bethpage Black (2019)...Has one of the most varied and multi-tasking positions among his PGA of America peers...Is a member of two PGA Sections - Southwest and Metropolitan...He also is a member of three PGAs - Australia, Canada, and the PGA of America...Winner of multiple Southwest PGA events, including all majors of the Section Slam, 2020 and '21 Southwest PGA Chapter Spring Masters Championship; 2018 Southwest PGA Match Play Championship; 2011, '17 and '21 Southwest PGA Professional Championship...Played in several PGA Tour events: 2022 WM Phoenix Open; 2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and 2017 WM Phoenix Open...Earned Korn Ferry Tour status through Q-School in 2011 as a club professional...His PGA Professional awards include: Two time PGA Section Teacher Of The Year, Section Player Of The Year, Section Player Development Award and the Section Junior Player Development Award...Is a designer and inventor, having designed a new putter in 2018 - the Saber Cat - which was submitted to the USGA and deemed conforming to the Rules of Golf two days before the 2018 PGA Professional Championship (did not put the club into play at the time, but used the new putter in the 2018 PGA Championship)...Also designed and patented the Saber Golf Trainer, a full-swing training tool that also aids in developing strength, speed timing, and technique in the golf swing (that invention won the 2017 Best New Product of the PGA Merchandise Show)...He is one of the most talented trick shots artists in the game and has taken his Outback Golf Show worldwide...Born to Scottish parents who immigrated to Australia via Papua, New Guinea...Attended Jackson State University in Mississippi, an HBCU, and was recruited by Coach Eddie Payton...Was a member of three National Minority Golf Champion teams.