106: Denny Shute_PGA

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Denny Shute won 16 PGA TOUR events including the 1936 and 1937 PGA Championships. In 1933, Shute outlasted Craig Wood in a 36-o playoff at St. Andrew’s to win the Open Championship. Largely forgotten, Shute had a marvelous career. In fact, it wouldn’t be until 2000 when another golfer, Tiger Woods, would win back-to-back PGA Championships (1999 and 2000). Shute played during the 30s and 40s when the fairways were largely ruled by guys like Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen, Tommy Armour and the game was just getting ready for the famous trio of Byron Nelson, Sam Snead and Ben Hogan. And, despite the notoriety and fame that all of the aforementioned received, Shute just kept going about his business. He recorded at least one victory every year from 1929 through 1934, finished second in the Masters in 1935, and then went out and won twice in 1936 and recorded wins in 1937 and 1939. But it was those three Majors that really vaulted Shute to the top of the game and he also finished second in the 1941 U.S. Open. Shute’s accomplishments on the golf course were finally recognized in 2008 when he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, 34-years after his death. On this episode of SFH, I welcome back golf historian Tony Parker to talk about the marvelous and forgotten career of Denny Shute.

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