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class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color:#ace1af"><span class="note">Jack Hobens</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Golfer_Jack_Hobens_(1880-1944)_prepares_to_hit_a_chip_shot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Golfer_Jack_Hobens_%281880-1944%29_prepares_to_hit_a_chip_shot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="349" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="349" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Hobens prepares to hit a <a href="/wiki/Chip_(golf)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chip (golf)">chip shot</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1907</span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ace1af">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Full name</b></th><td class="infobox-data">John Owen Hobens</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Nickname</b></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><i>Jack, Pop</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Born</b></th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1880-10-25</span>)</span>25 October 1880<br /><a href="/wiki/Dunbar" title="Dunbar">Dunbar</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Died</b></th><td class="infobox-data">25 March 1944<span style="display:none">(1944-03-25)</span> (aged 63)<br /><a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood, New Jersey</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Sporting nationality</b></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Spouse</b></th><td class="infobox-data">Delia A. Lally</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Children</b></th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ace1af">Career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Status</b></th><td class="infobox-data">Professional</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Professional wins</b></th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ace1af">Best results in major championships<br /></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Masters_Tournament" title="Masters Tournament">Masters Tournament</a></th><td class="infobox-data">DNP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/PGA_Championship" title="PGA Championship">PGA Championship</a></th><td class="infobox-data">T9: <a href="/wiki/1916_PGA_Championship" title="1916 PGA Championship">1916</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4th/T4: <a href="/wiki/1907_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="1907 U.S. Open (golf)">1907</a>, <a href="/wiki/1909_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="1909 U.S. Open (golf)">1909</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Open_Championship" title="The Open Championship">The Open Championship</a></th><td class="infobox-data">WD: 1899</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Owen "Jack" Hobens</b> (25 October 1880 – 25 March 1944) was a Scottish-American <a href="/wiki/Professional_golfer" title="Professional golfer">professional golfer</a>. He was born in <a href="/wiki/Dunbar" title="Dunbar">Dunbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, to Thomas Hoben and Elizabeth (Annie) Owen. He learned the game of golf by starting out as a <a href="/wiki/Caddie" title="Caddie">caddie</a>. Jack had five brothers and a sister. </p><p>Both of his parents were <a href="/wiki/Alcoholics" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcoholics">alcoholics</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/North_Berwick_Golf_Club" title="North Berwick Golf Club">West Links Golf Club</a> on 13 December 1894 at the age of fourteen.<sup id="cite_ref-northberwick.org.uk_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-northberwick.org.uk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Hobens&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hobens entered the <a href="/wiki/1899_Open_Championship" title="1899 Open Championship">1899 Open Championship</a> at <a href="/wiki/Royal_St_George%27s_Golf_Club" title="Royal St George's Golf Club">Royal St George's Golf Club</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Sandwich,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandwich, England">Sandwich, England</a>. After shooting a disappointing 90 in the first round he withdrew, but the experience he gained competing against <a href="/wiki/Harry_Vardon" title="Harry Vardon">Harry Vardon</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Braid_(golfer)" title="James Braid (golfer)">James Braid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willie_Park,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Willie Park, Jr.">Willie Park, Jr.</a> would give him confidence to continue his aspirations to be a successful golf professional. Hobens emigrated to the United States in January 1900 and was accompanied on the journey by Tom Anderson, Sr., the former <a href="/wiki/North_Berwick" title="North Berwick">North Berwick</a> head greenkeeper and his son, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Anderson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Anderson, Jr.">Thomas Jr.</a>, the brother of U.S. Open champion <a href="/wiki/Willie_Anderson_(golfer)" title="Willie Anderson (golfer)">Willie Anderson</a>. </p><p>Hobens was appointed pro at Yountakah Country Club in <a href="/wiki/Nutley,_New_Jersey" title="Nutley, New Jersey">Nutley, New Jersey</a>, and Tom Anderson, Sr. took up a position ten miles away at Montclair Country Club. In April 1901, Hobens moved less than five miles to Glen Ridge Golf Club and George Thomson from North Berwick took over at Yountakah. In 1907 Hobens married an Irish girl, Delia Agnes Lally (1881–1969), and together they would have a house full of children, eight in all.<sup id="cite_ref-Bureau_of_Census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bureau_of_Census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of his marriage he changed his surname from Hoben to Hobens. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="PGA_of_America_founding_member">PGA of America founding member</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Hobens&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: PGA of America founding member"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 17 January 1916, <a href="/wiki/Rodman_Wanamaker" title="Rodman Wanamaker">Rodman Wanamaker</a>, a keen amateur golfer and heir to the Wanamaker department store fortune (now <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s" title="Macy's">Macy's</a>), held a meeting at the Taplow Club, in the Hotel Martinique on the corner of Broadway and West 32nd Street in New York City for the purpose of forming the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Golfers%27_Association_of_America" title="Professional Golfers' Association of America">Professional Golfers' Association of America</a>. The luncheon was attended by several leading amateurs and 35 professionals, including Hobens. The entire group comprised the 'Charter Members'.<sup id="cite_ref-pga.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pga.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hobens was one of seven chosen to make up the original organizing committee and one of three professionals who wrote the PGA's first constitution and by-laws. The committee met several times at Hotel Martinique in Manhattan before the constitution, fashioned on the <a href="/wiki/PGA_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="PGA of Great Britain and Ireland">British PGA</a>, was approved on 10 April 1916 when their first business was conducted. The first <a href="/wiki/1916_PGA_Championship" title="1916 PGA Championship">PGA Championship</a> was held in 1916 at the <a href="/wiki/Siwanoy_Country_Club" title="Siwanoy Country Club">Siwanoy Country Club</a> in Bronxville, New York, and <a href="/wiki/James_Barnes_(golfer)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Barnes (golfer)">Jim Barnes</a>—after defeating <a href="/wiki/Jock_Hutchison" title="Jock Hutchison">Jock Hutchison</a> in the final match—hoisted the <a href="/wiki/Wanamaker_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Wanamaker Trophy">Wanamaker Trophy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pga.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pga.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the winter of 1916, Hobens was employed in the golf department on the top floor of Wanamaker's store in New York. John D. Dunn was head of the 18-member teaching staff, and the list of instructors read like a who's who of golfers from the period and the facility was the largest of its kind in the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Hobens&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:I._Mackie,_J._Hobens,_A._Ross,_G._Thomson_at_1904_US_Open.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/I._Mackie%2C_J._Hobens%2C_A._Ross%2C_G._Thomson_at_1904_US_Open.PNG/240px-I._Mackie%2C_J._Hobens%2C_A._Ross%2C_G._Thomson_at_1904_US_Open.PNG" decoding="async" width="240" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/I._Mackie%2C_J._Hobens%2C_A._Ross%2C_G._Thomson_at_1904_US_Open.PNG/360px-I._Mackie%2C_J._Hobens%2C_A._Ross%2C_G._Thomson_at_1904_US_Open.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/I._Mackie%2C_J._Hobens%2C_A._Ross%2C_G._Thomson_at_1904_US_Open.PNG/480px-I._Mackie%2C_J._Hobens%2C_A._Ross%2C_G._Thomson_at_1904_US_Open.PNG 2x" data-file-width="593" data-file-height="425" /></a><figcaption>(<i>From left to right</i>): <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Mackie" title="Isaac Mackie">Isaac Mackie</a>, Jack Hobens, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ross_(golfer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alex Ross (golfer)">Alex Ross</a>, and George Thomson at the 1904 U.S. Open</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_Hobens_1910_Cigarette_Card.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Jack_Hobens_1910_Cigarette_Card.jpg/220px-Jack_Hobens_1910_Cigarette_Card.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Jack_Hobens_1910_Cigarette_Card.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="236" data-file-height="277" /></a><figcaption>A 1910 artist's rendition of Hobens on a <a href="/wiki/Cigarette_card" title="Cigarette card">cigarette card</a></figcaption></figure> <p>For seventeen years, Hobens—who was sometimes called "Pop"<sup id="cite_ref-Pop_Hobens_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pop_Hobens-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—served as the head professional at Englewood Country Club. He would go on to enter many <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a> tournaments during his playing career, often finishing in the top ten. He was described as a long hitter of the ball and generally deadly on the green.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had a wonderful opportunity to win the <a href="/wiki/1907_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="1907 U.S. Open (golf)">1907 U.S. Open</a> at <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Cricket_Club" title="Philadelphia Cricket Club">Philadelphia Cricket Club</a>. He was the third round leader but finished poorly with a 12-over-par 85 in the final round. In the second round of the tournament he made the first ever U.S. Open hole-in-one by holing his tee shot at the 147-yard 10th hole.<sup id="cite_ref-northberwick.org.uk_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-northberwick.org.uk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hobens was victimized with some horribly bad luck in the 1904 <a href="/wiki/North_and_South_Open" title="North and South Open">North and South Open</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pinehurst_Resort" title="Pinehurst Resort">Pinehurst</a>, North Carolina. After 36 holes of regulation play he was tied for first place with <a href="/wiki/Alec_Ross" title="Alec Ross">Alec Ross</a>. The two players went to a playoff where Hobens was one shot ahead with just a few holes to play. He hooked his tee shot into the left rough on the hole but had an easy, unobstructed shot to the green. Upon making his backswing, his clubhead hooked a weed, or a "creeper" as it was called by <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Travers" title="Jerome Travers">Jerome Travers</a>, which caused his ball to move. Hobens, unable to stop his stroke, proceeded to miss the ball completely. The unfortunate result was a one-stroke penalty for causing the ball to move and another stroke for the whiff. He ended up losing the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-1904_N&S_Open_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1904_N&S_Open-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Charlotte_News_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Charlotte_News-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hobens won the 1908 <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Open" title="Metropolitan Open">Metropolitan Open</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baltusrol_Golf_Club" title="Baltusrol Golf Club">Baltusrol Golf Club</a> in New Jersey by one shot over <a href="/wiki/Alex_Campbell_(golfer)" title="Alex Campbell (golfer)">Alex Campbell</a> and won the first prize of $150.<sup id="cite_ref-1908_Metro_Open_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1908_Metro_Open-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1909, the U.S. Open was played at Englewood Golf Club where he was the professional at the time and he played well, finishing tied for fourth place. Hobens finished second in the 1906 <a href="/wiki/Western_Open" title="Western Open">Western Open</a> which at that time was considered a <sup>†</sup>major tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Eastern Professional Golfers Association <a href="/wiki/Four-ball_golf" title="Four-ball golf">Four-Ball</a> Tournament held at Rumson Country Club, <a href="/wiki/Rumson,_New_Jersey" title="Rumson, New Jersey">Rumson, New Jersey</a>, on 9 August 1911, Hobens was paired with <a href="/wiki/Jack_Dowling" title="Jack Dowling">Jack Dowling</a>. They won the event easily by posting a round of 68 and beat the second place team of Jack Jolly and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Anderson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Anderson, Jr.">Tom Anderson, Jr.</a> who carded a round of 74. The winners received a gold medal and $125 in prize money.<sup id="cite_ref-Eastern_PGA_4-Ball_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eastern_PGA_4-Ball-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While serving as the head professional at the Knickerbocker Country Club in <a href="/wiki/Tenafly,_New_Jersey" title="Tenafly, New Jersey">Tenafly, New Jersey</a>, Hobens provided golf lessons to the famous aviator <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh" title="Charles Lindbergh">Charles Lindbergh</a> and his family.<sup id="cite_ref-desc_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desc-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life_and_family">Later life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Hobens&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hobens was afflicted with a physical disability and retired at the age of 60.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and his wife Delia had eight children, five daughters and three sons. At the time of his death, all three sons were serving in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. All three survived the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Hobens&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hobens died on 26 March 1944 at his home in <a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood, New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, the PGA opened a historical center at PGA Village in <a href="/wiki/Port_St._Lucie,_Florida" title="Port St. Lucie, Florida">Port St. Lucie, Florida</a>, where Hobens was one of the original inductees into the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame. His granddaughter, Barbara Hobens, as well as her family, were invited guests at the PGA's 90th anniversary celebrations at the <a href="/wiki/Radisson_Hotel_Martinique" class="mw-redirect" title="Radisson Hotel Martinique">Radisson Hotel Martinique</a>, New York City, in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-desc_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desc-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a> winner and <i><a href="/wiki/Golf_Digest" title="Golf Digest">Golf Digest</a></i> contributing editor <a href="/wiki/Dave_Anderson_(sportswriter)" title="Dave Anderson (sportswriter)">Dave Anderson</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, who lives in Tenafly and knew Hobens said, "The tour pros are the show of golf, but the club pros are the soul of golf. Where would we be without club pros? They are the soul of golf forever".<sup id="cite_ref-desc_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desc-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tournament_wins_(3)"><span id="Tournament_wins_.283.29"></span>Tournament wins (3)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Hobens&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tournament wins (3)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: This list may be incomplete.</i> </p> <ul><li>1908 <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Open" title="Metropolitan Open">Metropolitan Open</a><sup id="cite_ref-1908_Metro_Open_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1908_Metro_Open-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1911 Eastern PGA Four-Ball Tournament<sup id="cite_ref-Eastern_PGA_4-Ball_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eastern_PGA_4-Ball-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1918 Yountakah Country Club Four-Ball Tournament<sup id="cite_ref-Yountakah_4-Ball_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yountakah_4-Ball-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results_in_major_championships">Results in major championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Hobens&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Results in major championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <th align="left">Tournament </th> <th>1899 </th> <th>1900 </th> <th>1901 </th> <th>1902 </th> <th>1903 </th> <th>1904 </th> <th>1905 </th> <th>1906 </th> <th>1907 </th> <th>1908 </th> <th>1909 </th> <th>1910 </th> <th>1911 </th> <th>1912 </th> <th>1913 </th> <th>1914 </th> <th>1915 </th> <th>1916 </th> <th>1917 </th> <th>1918 </th> <th>1919 </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a> </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>T35 </td> <td>T14 </td> <td style="background:yellow;">T9 </td> <td>T11 </td> <td style="background:yellow;">T7 </td> <td style="background:yellow;">10 </td> <td style="background:yellow;">4 </td> <td style="background:yellow;">T6 </td> <td style="background:yellow;">T4 </td> <td style="background:yellow;">7 </td> <td>41 </td> <td>T34 </td> <td>T33 </td> <td>? </td> <td>T41 </td> <td>? </td> <td>NT </td> <td>NT </td> <td>? </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Open_Championship" title="The Open Championship">The Open Championship</a> </td> <td>WD </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>DNP </td> <td>NT </td> <td>NT </td> <td>NT </td> <td>NT </td> <td>NT </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/PGA_Championship" title="PGA Championship">PGA Championship</a> </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td>NYF </td> <td style="background:yellow;">R16 </td> <td>NT </td> <td>NT </td> <td>R32 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Note: Hobens never played in the <a href="/wiki/Masters_Tournament" title="Masters Tournament">Masters Tournament</a>.</i> </p><p>NYF = Tournament not yet founded<br /> NT = No tournament<br /> WD = Withdrew<br /> DNP = Did not play<br /> R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play<br /> "T" indicates a tie for a place<br /> Yellow background for top-10 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Hobens&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><sup>†</sup> <a href="/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championships#History" title="Men's major golf championships">Unofficial major</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Hobens&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSeaton" class="citation web cs1">Seaton, Douglas. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.northberwick.org.uk/hobens.html">"Jack Hobens registers first hole-in-one in a U.S. Open"</a>. 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