Craig Hocknull

PGA Senior Teaching Professional at Westchester Country Club…Making his Senior PGA Championship debut…His T-25 result in the 2025 Senior PGA Professional Championship earned him a spot on the Corebridge Financial Team in the 2026 Senior PGA Championship…Posted consecutive Top-20 finishes at the 2018 and ‘19 PGA Professional Championships to advance to the PGA Championship at Bellerive (2018) and Bethpage Black (2019)...Winner, 2025 Metropolitan PGA Senior Player of the Year; 2025 Metropolitan PGA Senior Championship; 2025 Westchester Senior Open…Finished T-11 in the 2025 Assistant PGA Professional Championship…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…Winner, 2021, ‘16 Southwest PGA Professional Championship; 2024, ‘21, ‘20 Southwest PGA Spring Masters; 2018,’13 Southwest PGA Match Play; 2013 Arizona Open; 2020 Utah PGA Teacher of the Year; 2014 Southwest PGA Teacher of the Year; 2014 Southwest PGA Player Development Award; 2013 Southwest PGA Youth Player Development Award; 2013 Southwest PGA Player of the Year...Played in multiple PGA TOUR events including the 2023, ‘20 Shriners Children’s Open and the 2022, ‘17 WM Phoenix Open...Competed in 16 events on PGA TOUR Canada...Is a designer and inventor, having designed a new putter in 2017 - the Saber Cat which was submitted to the USGA and deemed conforming to the Rules of Golf...The Saber Hawk a new putter for the 2018 PGA Championship was approved Championship week...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 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...Played college golf at Jackson State University in Mississippi, an HBCU, and was a member of three National Minority Golf Champion teams...Multiple Academic All-American honors...PGA HOPE certified...His son, JC, is now a PGA Associate, and caddied for him in his first PGA Championship at Bellerive.