Denny Shute
3 Major Championships • 31th All-Time
Major Championship Wins
About Denny Shute
Denny Shute won 3 major championships during a 4-year span, with the first coming in 1933.
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Career Highlights
- 1933 Open Championship — Won at St Andrews in 36-hole playoff over Craig Wood
- 1936-1937 PGA Championships — Last player to win consecutive PGA titles before Tiger Woods (1999-2000)
- 1933 Ryder Cup — Missed crucial putt that would have tied the competition for Team USA
- Career — 16 PGA Tour wins, three-time Ryder Cup player (1931, 1933, 1937)
- 2008 — Posthumously inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame
Did You Know?
- Consecutive PGA Titles: Shute was the last player to win back-to-back PGA Championships (1936-1937) until Tiger Woods accomplished the feat 62 years later in 1999-2000
- Golf Royalty Lineage: Son of an English golf pro who emigrated to the US to work as assistant professional at Euclid Club in Cleveland
- Phi Gamma Delta Member: Attended Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve) where he was a fraternity brother and developed his championship game