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Tom Creavy

United States · born , Tuckahoe, New York · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1931 PGA Championship

Wins

  1. 1931 PGA Championship Wannamoisett Country Club · won the final 2 & 1 against Denny Shute

Rivals

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Next in the chain: Denny Shute's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1931 PGA Championship 20-year-old Creavy beat Gene Sarazen 5 & 3 in the semifinals.
  2. 1931 PGA Championship Shute reached the final by beating Billy Burke 1 up in the semifinals, then lost 2 & 1 to Creavy.

Records and firsts

  1. 1931 PGA Championship Youngest PGA champions: 20 years 7 months 16 days

Results by championship

    Best day

    1931 PGA Championship

    Wannamoisett Country Club, Rumford, Rhode Island · won the final 2 & 1 against Denny Shute

    20-year-old Creavy beat Gene Sarazen 5 & 3 in the semifinals.

    Shute reached the final by beating Billy Burke 1 up in the semifinals, then lost 2 & 1 to Creavy.

    Record: 20 years 7 months 16 days

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1931.

    Career line, 1931–1931

    PGA Championship
    1931 PGA Championship: won
    19311932

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    • Major win

    Tom Creavy was born on February 3, 1911, in Tuckahoe, New York. Creavy won one major championship: the 1931 PGA Championship.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1931 PGA Championship Wannamoisett Country Club, Rumford, Rhode Island · won the final 2 & 1 against Denny Shute

    PGA Championship match play

    Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 10 won, 2 lost, including 1 of 1 finals.

    1. 1931 Round of 32 beat Jack Collins 5 & 4
    2. 1931 Round of 16 beat Peter O'Hara 2 up
    3. 1931 Quarterfinal beat Cyril Walker 3 & 1
    4. 1931 Semifinal beat Gene Sarazen 5 & 3
    5. 1931 Final beat Denny Shute 2 & 1
    6. 1932 Round of 32 beat Jimmy Hines 7 & 6
    7. 1932 Round of 16 beat Johnny Perelli 1 up
    8. 1932 Quarterfinal beat Ralph Stonehouse 3 & 2
    9. 1932 Semifinal lost to Frank Walsh won on 38th hole
    10. 1933 Round of 32 beat Dick Metz 3 & 2
    11. 1933 Round of 16 beat Frank Walsh 2 & 1
    12. 1933 Quarterfinal lost to Jimmy Hines 4 & 3

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 1931 PGA Championship Youngest PGA champions: 20 years 7 months 16 days

    Sources

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. where2golf
    2. PGA Tour
    3. Golf Compendium bio
    4. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    5. Golf Compendium winners list
    6. PGA of America winners & venues
    7. Golf Compendium 1931
    8. The Golf News Net history table (2026)
    9. Today's Golfer purse history
    10. Trenham, Philadelphia PGA history 1930–1939
    11. Golf Digest prize-money history (Australian Golf Digest)
    12. PGA of America, Hagen and the lost Wanamaker
    13. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 100
    14. Golf Compendium 1932
    15. Golf Compendium 1933