Herman Densmore "Denny" Shute (October 25, 1904 – May 13, 1974) was an American golfer

Professional golfer

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 who won three major championships

Men's major golf championships

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 in the 1930s.

Shute was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father was born in England. He attended Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University), and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta

Phi Gamma Delta

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. He was married on March 20, 1930 to Hettie Marie Potts. They had one child.

Shute won the 1933 British Open

The Open Championship

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 at St Andrews

Old Course at St Andrews

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 and the 1936 and 1937 PGA Championship

PGA Championship

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s. He was the last man to win consecutive PGA Championships before Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods

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 did so in 1999 and 2000.

Shute was a member of the U.S. team in the Ryder Cup

Ryder Cup

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 on three occasions: 1931, 1933, and 1937. In 1933, he missed a putt to tie the competition.

Shute died in Akron, Ohio

Akron, Ohio

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. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame

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 in the veterans category in 2008.

PGA Tour wins (16)

• 1929 (1) Ohio Open
  Ohio Open
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• 1930 (3) Los Angeles Open, Texas Open, Ohio Open
  Ohio Open
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• 1931 (1) Ohio Open
  Ohio Open
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• 1932 (2) Glens Falls Open
  Glens Falls Open
  The Glens Falls Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1929 to 1939. It was played at the Glens Falls Country Club in Glens Falls, New York.-Winners:*1939 Denny Shute*1938 Tony Manero*1937 Jimmy Hines*1936 Jimmy Hines*1935 Willie Macfarlane...
  
  , Miami Biltmore Open
• 1933 (2) Gasparilla Open
  Gasparilla Open
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  , British Open
  The Open Championship
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• 1934 (3) Gasparilla Open-Tampa, Riverdale Open, Miami International Four-Ball
  Miami International Four-Ball
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   (with Al Espinosa)
• 1936 (2) Tropical Open, PGA Championship
  PGA Championship
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• 1937 (1) PGA Championship
  PGA Championship
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• 1939 (1) Glens Falls Open
  Glens Falls Open
  The Glens Falls Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1929 to 1939. It was played at the Glens Falls Country Club in Glens Falls, New York.-Winners:*1939 Denny Shute*1938 Tony Manero*1937 Jimmy Hines*1936 Jimmy Hines*1935 Willie Macfarlane...
  
  

Major championships

Men's major golf championships

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 are shown in bold.

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
1933	The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	3 shot deficit	73–73–73–73=292	playoff 1	Craig Wood Craig Wood (golfer) Craig Ralph Wood was an American professional golfer in the 1930s and 1940s, the winner of 21 PGA Tour titles including two major championships and a member of three Ryder Cup teams ....
1936	PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	n/a	3 & 2	n/a	/  Jimmy Thomson Jimmy Thomson (golfer) James Wilfred Stevenson Thomson was a Scottish-American professional golfer, who is notable for losing the 1936 PGA Championship to Denny Shute, 3&2....
1937	PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...   (2)	n/a	37 holes	n/a	Harold "Jug" McSpaden

Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958

¹ Defeated Craig Wood by five in a 36 hole playoff.

Results timeline

Tournament	1926	1927	1928	1929
The Masters	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	T43	T48	T6	T3
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open 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 U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	T25	T25	T14	T21	T43	T4	10	T10	T11	3
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP	DNP	DNP	1	18	DNP	DNP	14	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	R16	2	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 U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	2	NT	NT	NT	NT	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open 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 U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	T31	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open 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 U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT

Tournament	1970	1971	1972
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	CUT	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open 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 = 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.