Ben Hogan was born in Stevenville, Texas in 1912.
He had to live with the calamity of his father committing suicide when Ben was very young, only ten. When Hogan and his family (his older sister and brother) moved to Fortworth, Hogan learned to caddy and found his lifetime obsession ..... Golf! By the time he was a teenager, he clearly had enough ability to think of having a career in golf, but he was extremely private and didn't mix with other people very well so that kept him from the networking that helps start peoples careers.
Being small in stature, he developed an extended swing in…
