[7] The Massachusetts State Amateur Championship long eluded Hodder and in 1936, his 15th year competing in the tournament, he was described by W. A. Whitcomb of The Boston Globe as being "relegated to the category which claims Mac Smith and other stars who always challenge but never quite can win".

[8] In 1951 and 1953, Hodder and his son, James, won the Massachusetts Golf Association's father-son championship.

He played cover point and centre for the Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey team and was the third consecutive Newton High School graduate (after George Owen and Tad Crosby) to serve as captain of the freshman squad.

A sports columnist wrote that Clark's "exhibition of stamina, endurance and stellar play in this contest was the greatest I have ever seen in forty years of observation.

He resigned on January 15, 1942, after several members of his team caused a disturbance during a Christmas trip to Lake Placid, New York.

Conference tournament champion On March 5, 1931, Hodder married Marjorie Estabrook of Newton, Massachusetts.

[23] As MGA president he had four key objectives: to have the MGA's executive committee become more active with member clubs, to establish a special public links committee, to reduce the amount of open tournaments and increase the amount of invitationals, and to start a campaign to educate golfers on the rules of the sport.

[24] He did not run for reelection in 1953 and was succeeded by George O. Russell Jr.[25] In 1953, Hodder was named manager of the Boston Arena.

[27] Hodder also worked for his father's patent firm and for the Framingham, Massachusetts post office.