Paola Sakota
Availability status: Committed
University: Lewis Clark State College
Country: Italy
Date of birth: 11/08/2006
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Weight: 139 lbs
Sex: Female
Graduation Year: 2026
Enrollment Year: 2026
Qualifications:
High School Grades: Maths: A, Spanish: A, Cybersecurity: A, Marine Science: A, English: A, Economics: A, Personal Finance Literacy: A;
SAT: Not taken yet
Scoring Average: 78.2
Tournament Low Score: 75
Current Handicap: 2
Top tournament results:
18th place 2025 Limpopo Open (78, 83, 81)
24th place 2025 South African Girls Championships (85, 87, 75)
16th place 2025 KZN Championships (77, 83, 85)
2nd CGGU Series – Wanderers (77)
2nd CGGU – Parkview (78)
12th place South African Juniors International (82, 82, 78)
1st place Western Province Amateur Champs (79, 87)
1st place Wannabe a Champion’ Championships (75)
T25th place 2024 International Amateur National Event (81,84,80)
3rd place 2025 Central Gauteng Junior State Open (82)
5th place 2024 Central Gauteng Junior State Open (82)
7th place 2024 Central Gauteng Junior State Open (82)
T39th place 2024 Central Gauteng Junior State Open (83)
T45th place 2024 SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship (83,82,79)
23rd place 2024 Slovenian International Amateur (85,81,80,79)
18th place 2024 Leoncino D’Oro, Femminile (86,82)
17th place 2024 Border & Eastern Province National Open Amateur (76,90,87)
1st place 2025 April Medal (75)
Give us 5 words that best describe you as an athlete:
Confident, dedicated, kind, diligent, committed.
Tell us about your best memory of your athletic career:
My best memory in golf is when I holed a 7 foot putt to win the SA amateur flight.
Goals?:
To turn pro and play on the LPGA Tour after completing 4 years at college.
Anything else we should know?
From ages 7-11, I played Basket Ball for my state in the country Bosnia Herzegovina receiving my provincial colours.