page_title: Jack Hobens
hierarchical_section_title: Jack Hobens
caption_attribution_description: English: Golfer Jack Hobens (1880-1944) prepares to hit a chip shot at Englewood Country Club
context_page_description: John Owen "Jack" Hobens was a Scottish-American professional golfer. He was born in Dunbar, Scotland, to Thomas Hoben and Elizabeth Owen. He learned the game of golf by starting out as a caddie. Jack had five brothers and a sister.
  Both of his parents were alcoholics, so young Jack, being the eldest, was often tasked with caring for his younger siblings. From the age of eleven he was a licensed caddie and was granted his professional ticket at the West Links Golf Club on 13 December 1894 at the age of fourteen.
context_section_description: John Owen "Jack" Hobens (25 October 1880 – 25 March 1944) was a Scottish-American professional golfer. He was born in Dunbar, Scotland, to Thomas Hoben and Elizabeth (Annie) Owen. He learned the game of golf by starting out as a caddie.  Jack had five brothers and a sister.
  Both of his parents were alcoholics, so young Jack, being the eldest, was often tasked with caring for his younger siblings. From the age of eleven he was a licensed caddie and was granted his professional ticket at the West Links Golf Club on 13 December 1894 at the age of fourteen.
caption: Hobens prepares to hit a chip shot, c. 1907
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