Denny Shute

Denny Shute
Denny Shute
	— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Herman Densmore Shute
Nickname	Denny
Born	October 25, 1904; Cleveland, Ohio
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.; Akron, Ohio
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1928
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	17
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	16
Other	1
Best results in major championships; (wins: 3)
Masters Tournament	5th: 1935
U.S. Open	2nd: 1941
The Open Championship	Won: 1933
PGA Championship	Won: 1936, 1937
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2008 (member page)

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

Shute was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father was born in England. Shute attended Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University), and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He was married on March 20, 1930 to Hettie Marie Potts.^[1] They had one child.

Shute won the 1933 Open Championship at St Andrews in a playoff^[2] 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 in Akron, Ohio. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in the veterans category in 2008.^[3]

Professional wins

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

Major championships

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1933	The Open Championship	3 shot deficit	E (73-73-73-73=292)	Playoff ¹	Craig Wood
1936	PGA Championship	n/a	3 & 2		/ Jimmy Thomson
1937	PGA Championship (2)	n/a	37 holes		Harold "Jug" McSpaden

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

Tournament	1926	1927	1928	1929
U.S. Open	T43	T48	T6	T3
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	R32

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	T13	5	T11	T13	WD	15
U.S. Open	T25	T25	T14	T21	T43	T4	10	T10	T11	3
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	1	18	DNP	DNP	14	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	R16	2	R32	DNP	SF	R16	1	1	R16	R16

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	DNP	18	WD	NT	NT	NT	T25	20	32	45
U.S. Open	DNP	2	NT	NT	NT	NT	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	WD	QF	R32	NT	DNP	QF	DNP	DNQ	DNQ	R64

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T35	T47	T49	50	T68	T36	71	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	T31	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	R16	R32	R64	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R64	CUT	T44

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT

Tournament	1970	1971	1972
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT

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
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

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	1	1	8	25	17
U.S. Open	0	1	2	4	7	12	23	16
The Open Championship	1	0	0	1	1	3	4	3
PGA Championship	2	1	1	6	11	15	29	19
Totals	3	2	3	12	20	38	81	55

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

References

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v t e PGA Championship champions
Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert
Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley† 2012 Rory McIlroy 2013 Jason Dufner 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Jason Day
† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

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Denny Shute
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Herman Densmore Shute
Nickname	Denny
Born	(1904-10-25)October 25, 1904 Cleveland, Ohio
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Akron, Ohio
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1928
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	17
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	16
Other	1
Best results in major championships (wins: 3)
Masters Tournament	5th: 1935
U.S. Open	2nd: 1941
The Open Championship	Won: 1933
PGA Championship	Won: 1936, 1937
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2008 (member page)

v t e United States Ryder Cup team – 1931
Billy Burke Wiffy Cox Leo Diegel Al Espinosa Johnny Farrell Gene Sarazen Denny Shute Horton Smith Craig Wood Walter Hagen (playing captain)
Won: 9 – 3

v t e United States Ryder Cup team – 1933
Billy Burke Leo Diegel Ed Dudley Olin Dutra Paul Runyan Gene Sarazen Denny Shute Horton Smith Craig Wood Walter Hagen (playing captain)
Lost: 5.5 – 6.5

v t e United States Ryder Cup team – 1937
Ed Dudley Ralph Guldahl Tony Manero Byron Nelson Henry Picard Johnny Revolta Gene Sarazen Denny Shute Horton Smith Sam Snead Walter Hagen (non-playing captain)
Won: 8 – 4