Nelson sank a 30-foot (9 m) putt to tie on the ninth and final hole. The two would tie for the lead at the annual Christmas caddie tournament in December 1927, when both were fifteen. One of his fellow caddies at Glen Garden was Byron Nelson, later a tour rival. A tip from a friend led him to caddying at age eleven at Glen Garden Country Club, a nine-hole course seven miles (11 km) to the south. Older brother Royal quit school at age 14 to deliver office supplies by bicycle, and nine-year-old Ben sold newspapers after school at the nearby train station. The family incurred financial difficulties after his father's suicide, and the children took jobs to help their seamstress mother make ends meet. By some accounts, Chester committed suicide in front of him, which some (including Hogan biographer James Dodson) have cited as the cause of his introverted personality in later years.
When Hogan was nine years old in 1922, his father Chester committed suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot at the family home. His father was a blacksmith and the family lived ten miles (16 km) southwest in Dublin until 1921, when they moved seventy miles (110 km) northeast to Fort Worth.
Hogan was born in Stephenville, Texas, the third and youngest child of Chester and Clara (Williams) Hogan. 11 The Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company.
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