DENNY SHUTE

'Herman Densmore "Denny" Shute' (October 25, 1904 – May 13, 1974) was an American golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s, namely the 1933 British Open at St Andrews and the 1936 and 1937 PGA Championships. He was the last man to win consecutive PGA Championships before Tiger Woods did so in 1999 and 2000. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and died in Akron, Ohio. His father was born in England. Attended Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University), and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
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.

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PGA Tour wins (16)

Results in major championships

See also

PGA Tour wins (16)

★ 1929 (1) Ohio Open Golf

★ 1930 (3) Los Angeles Open, Texas Open, Ohio State 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, International Four-Ball Miami (with Al Espinosa)

★ 1936 (2) Tropical Open, 'PGA Championship'

★ 1937 (1) 'PGA Championship'

★ 1939 (1) Glens Falls Open
Major championships are shown in 'bold'.

Results in major championships

Tournament	1926	1927	1928	1929
The Masters	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF
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
The Masters	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	F	R32	DNP	SF	R16	'1'	'1'	R16	R16

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
The Masters	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	DNP	QF	R32	NT	DNP	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP	R64

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	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
The Masters	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
The Masters	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

CUT = missed the half-way cut

R64, R32, R16, QF, SF, F = 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.

See also

★ Golfers with most PGA Tour wins