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Full name
  
Herman Densmore Shute

Masters Tournament
  
5th: 1935

Former tours
  
PGA TOUR

Nickname
  
Denny

U.S. Open
  
2nd: 1941

PGA tour wins
  
16


Nationality
  
United States

Name
  
Denny Shute

Professional wins
  
17

Other
  
1

Role
  
Golfer

Turned professional
  
1928

Born
  
October 25, 1904 Cleveland, Ohio (
1904-10-25
)

Died
  
May 13, 1974, Akron, Ohio, United States

Craig wood denny shute inducted into the world golf hall of fame


Herman Densmore "Denny" Shute (October 25, 1904 – May 13, 1974) was an American professional golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s.

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Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Shute was the son of a golf pro from England; Hermon emigrated to the United States to work as the assistant professional at the Euclid Club. Shute was raised in West Virginia and Ohio and attended Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) in Cleveland, and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He was married on March 20, 1930 to Hettie Marie Potts, and they had one child, a daughter.

Shute won the Open Championship at St Andrews in 1933 in a playoff and the 1936 and 1937 PGA Championships, then conducted at match play. He was the last man to win consecutive PGA Championships before Tiger Woods did so in 1999 and 2000.

Shute was a member of the U.S. team in the Ryder Cup on three occasions: 1931, 1933, and 1937. In 1933, he missed a putt to tie the competition.

Shute died at age 69 at his home in Akron, Ohio. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in the veterans category in 2008.

2008 induction denny shute craig wood


PGA Tour wins (16)

  • 1929 (1) Ohio Open
  • 1930 (3) Los Angeles Open, Texas Open, Ohio Open
  • 1931 (1) Ohio Open
  • 1932 (2) Glens Falls Open, Miami Biltmore Open
  • 1933 (2) Gasparilla Open, British Open
  • 1934 (3) Gasparilla Open-Tampa, Riverdale Open, Miami International Four-Ball (with Al Espinosa)
  • 1936 (2) Tropical Open, PGA Championship
  • 1937 (1) PGA Championship
  • 1939 (1) Glens Falls Open
  • Major championships are shown in bold.

    Other wins

    this list may be incomplete

  • 1950 Ohio Open
  • Wins (3)

    Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958
    1 Defeated Craig Wood in a 36-hole playoff: Shute 75-74=149; Wood 78-76=154.

    Results timeline

    NYF = Tournament not yet founded
    NT = No tournament
    DNP = Did not play
    WD = Withdrew
    DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
    CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1958 PGA Championship)
    R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
    "T" indicates a tie for a place
    Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

    Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 26 (1926 U.S. Open – 1937 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (1934 PGA – 1935 PGA)
  • References

    Denny Shute Wikipedia