| Denny Shute | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Shute in 1934 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Herman Densmore Shute | ||
| Nickname | Denny | ||
| Born | (1904-10-25)October 25, 1904 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||
| Died | May 13, 1974(1974-05-13) (aged 69) Akron, Ohio, U.S. | ||
| Spouse | Hettie M. Potts Shute | ||
| Children | Nancy Paige (Shute) | ||
| Career | |||
| College | Western Reserve | ||
| Turned professional | 1928 | ||
| Former tour | 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 | ||
| PGA Championship | Won:1936,1937 | ||
| U.S. Open | 2nd:1941 | ||
| The Open Championship | Won:1933 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Herman Densmore "Denny" Shute (October 25, 1904 – May 13, 1974) was an Americanprofessional golfer who won threemajor championships in the 1930s.
Born inCleveland,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.[1] Shute was raised inWest Virginia and Ohio and attendedWestern Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) in Cleveland, and was a member ofPhi Gamma Delta. He was married on March 20, 1930 to Hettie Marie Potts,[2] and they had one child, a daughter, Nancy Paige.[1]
Shute won theOpen Championship atSt Andrews in1933 in a playoff[3] and the1936 and1937 PGA Championships, then conducted atmatch play. He was the last man to win consecutive PGA Championships beforeTiger Woods did so in1999 and2000.
Shute was a member of the U.S. team in theRyder Cup on three occasions:1931,1933, and1937. In 1933, he missed a putt to tie the competition.
Shute died at age 69 at his home inAkron, Ohio.[1] He was elected to theWorld Golf Hall of Fame in the veterans category in 2008.[4]
Major championships are shown inbold.
this list may be incomplete
| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | The Open Championship | 3 shot deficit | E (73-73-73-73=292) | Playoff1 | |
| 1936 | PGA Championship | n/a | 3 & 2 | ||
| 1937 | PGA Championship (2) | n/a | 37 holes | ||
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.
| Tournament | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | T43 | T48 | T6 | T3 |
| The Open Championship | ||||
| PGA Championship | 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 | 1 | 20 | 14 | |||||||
| PGA Championship | R16 | 2 | R32 | SF | R16 | 1 | 1 | R16 | R16 |
| Tournament | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 18 | WD | NT | NT | NT | T25 | 20 | 32 | T45 | |
| U.S. Open | 2 | NT | NT | NT | NT | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||
| The Open Championship | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | ||||
| PGA Championship | WD | QF | R32 | NT | QF | DNQ | DNQ | R64 |
| Tournament | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T35 | T47 | T49 | T55 | T68 | T36 | 71 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| U.S. Open | T31 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||
| The Open Championship | ||||||||||
| PGA Championship | R16 | R32 | R64 | R64 | CUT | T44 |
| Tournament | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||||
| U.S. Open | ||||||||||
| The Open Championship | ||||||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||
| U.S. Open | |||
| The Open Championship | CUT | ||
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT |
NYF = tournament not yet founded
NT = no tournament
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
| 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 |