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Amazing golf tricks, Performance at PGA Tour Event FBR Open The Outback Golf Show website home of Professional Golf Trick Shot Artist and native of Australia Craig Hocknull the Teaching Professional at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club home of the LPGA Tours Safeway International. Golf Entertainment, Golf Tournaments, Corporate Golf, Charity Golf, Golf Exhibition. |
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Show Name: The Outback Golf Show
Trick Shot Artist: Craig Hocknull Professional memberships: Professional Golfers Association of America & Professional Golfers Association of Australia Length of show: Approximately 45min On course entertainment: Long Drives, Closest To The Pin, Beat The Pro and Mini Show for each group. History: Craig Hocknull began performing “The Outback Golf Show” in September, 2003. Craig has performed his show for the following groups at the noted courses.
Word of mouth is Craig’s primary marketing strategy. Once you have seen the show you will become a fan. Craig uses a combination of humor, magic and amazing hand eye coordination to amaze his audiences. From Aussie stories about growing up in “The Outback” of Australia to hitting 250 yard drives out of thin air, it seems that nothing is impossible for this entertainer. Don’t get caught snoozing, Craig likes to volunteer participants from the crowd to assist him with the show, what a great experience.
Logo Use / Marketing Approval: All use of The Outback Golf Show logo, the PGA logo or any of the above information must be pre-approved by Craig Hocknull
Contact Information: P.O. Box 2033 Gilbert, AZ 85299 (602) 561-GOLF (4653) craighocknull@pga.com ww.outbackgolfshow.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sandy Painter /Al Stevens Mullen Public Relations 602-222-4343
USING A DRIVER AND A DIDGERIDOO, SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN’S CRAIG HOCKNULL WOWS TRICK SHOT AUDIENCES
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, Ariz., (August 2, 2006) – Superstition Mountain assistant golf pro Craig Hocknull has a fully stocked golf bag: driver, irons, putter and last but not least, a didgeridoo. Granted, you won’t find a didgeridoo – an Australian wooden wind instrument – in the bag of Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods, but to Hocknull, who grew up in the Australian outback, the didgeridoo is a tool of the trade. He uses it to wow Valley crowds with his increasingly popular Aussie-flavored trick-shot show. “They don’t understand how I can hit some of the shots I hit with it,” said Hocknull in his trademark Australian accent. Jason Walter, the director of golf at the East Valley community, has seen the show and is similarly awed. “Craig certainly has a knack for entertaining people and performing in the spotlight,” he said. The trick show, like Hocknull’s golf career, was born out of a love for the game, something passed on to the pro by his Scottish father. Hocknull learned to play golf while living in the outback, where his father worked as a patrol officer for the Australian government. Even though the young Hocknull knew pro golfers didn’t hail from his hometown of Darwin, he was undeterred. He spent his teenage years at an Australian boarding
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school known for producing Olympian Cathy Freeman and professional golfer Adam Scott and graduated determined to play college golf in America. At the time, an Australian golfer landing a college scholarship in America was nearly unheard of. “There weren’t very many who had done it before,” said Hocknull, pointing to fellow Aussies Steve Elkington and Steve Rintoul as examples. “I had no idea what I was getting into.” Devising his own recruitment system, he took a map of the United States, drew a line through the center of the country and started applying to schools south of the newly-established Hocknull Equator. In each state he’d find the capital, pick a college and then, for good measure, apply to the closest state university. “It was actually quite comical,” he said. “I had no idea what schools were good.” His search yielded two takers: Grand Canyon University in Phoenix and Jackson State University in Mississippi. Hocknull picked Jackson State and helped the school win its conference championship four straight years, taking the school to its first-ever appearance in the NCAA regionals. After graduating in 1997, he turned pro and briefly played on the Prairie Golf Tour before taking a director of instruction position at Yuma Golf and Country Club. By the time he moved to Phoenix, Hocknull was using both a seven-foot driver and a short, one-foot version of the club in his driving lessons, hitting golf balls in mid-air to end the week-long class. The finish to the classes was always a hit with spectators and after seeing trick-shot artists “Wedgie” Winchester and Chuck “The Hitman” Hiter perform in person, he decided to start his own show. “I’m kind of one of those guys who loves the entertainment side of golf,” he said. “I saw those guys in person and thought, ‘I can do that.’”
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Hocknull quickly acquired other tricks – driving from elevated tees, bouncing golf balls off two wedges at once and hitting rapid fire shots both left and right handed. He finished by incorporating the didgeridoo and his Australian upbringing into the show and has been a hit ever since. Currently, he performs his show across the Valley and spends several days each year doing charity events. Having already performed for the Special Olympics, this fall he will continue to entertain awe-struck galleries around the Valley, hitting shots, joking with the crowd and dressing in his trademark Australian outback attire. Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club is a master planned golf community by Superstition Mountain Properties, Inc., an affiliate of the Lyle Anderson Company of Scottsdale. It is located one mile north of U.S. 60 on Superstition Mountain Drive. - 30 -
The Outback Golf Show website home of Professional Golf Trick Shot Artist Craig Hocknull the Teaching Professional at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club home of the LPGA Tours Safeway International. |
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