Denny Shute
Denny Shute | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Herman Densmore Shute | ||
Nickname | Denny | ||
Born | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | October 25, 1904||
Died | May 13, 1974 Akron, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 69)||
Spouse | Hettie M. Potts Shute | ||
Children | Nancy Paige (Shute) | ||
Career | |||
College | Western Reserve | ||
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 | ||
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 American professional golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s.
Life and career
Born in
Shute won the
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.[1] He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in the veterans category in 2008.[4]
Professional wins
PGA Tour wins (16)
- 1929 (1) Ohio Open
- 1930 (3) Texas Open, Ohio Open
- 1931 (1) Ohio Open
- 1932 (2) 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 |
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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
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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 |
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U.S. Open | T43 | T48 | T6 | T3 |
The Open Championship | ||||
PGA Championship | R32 |
Tournament | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||||
U.S. Open | ||||||||||
The Open Championship | ||||||||||
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
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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
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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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
- ^ a b c "Denny Shute, 69 dies". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. May 14, 1974. p. 23.
- ^ "Marriage Announcement". The New York Times. March 20, 1930. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ "1933 Denny Shute". The Open. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ "Career female amateur joins World Golf Hall of Fame". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.