Denny Shute


Herman Densmore "Denny" Shute was an American professional golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s.

Life and career

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 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, Nancy Paige.
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.

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (16)

Major championships are shown in bold.

Other wins

this list may be incomplete

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
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

Summary