Johnny Revolta

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Johnny Revolta
Personal information
Full nameJohn F. Revolta
Born(1911-04-05)April 5, 1911
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedMarch 3, 1991(1991-03-03) (aged 79)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
SpouseLorene Revolta
Children3
Career
CollegeNone
Turned professional1929
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins29
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour18
Other11
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters Tournament 13th/T13: 1935, 1937, 1952
PGA Championship Won: 1935
U.S. Open T8: 1934
The Open Championship T32: 1937
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour
leading money winner 		1935

John F. Revolta (April 5, 1911 – March 3, 1991) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s. He won a major title, the 1935 PGA Championship, and had 18 career wins on tour.

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Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Revolta's family relocated to Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1923 when he was twelve. [1] He learned the game as a caddie at the public course in Oshkosh and won the state caddie championship at age 14. [2] Like most professional golfers of his generation, Revolta started out as a club professional. He worked at Swan Lake Country Club in Portage in 1930, Chippewa Elks Golf Club in 1931, Riverside Country Club in Menominee, Michigan 1932–1933, and Tripoli Country Club in Milwaukee from 1934 to 1936. He won the Wisconsin State Open four times in a six-year period; he was not eligible for two years while working in Michigan. [3] Revolta was a member of the PGA Tour from 1935 to 1952. [4]

Revolta's best year as a tour pro was 1935, when he won five tournaments and led the PGA Tour's money list. He defeated Tommy Armour 5 & 4 in the PGA Championship held at Twin Hills Golf & Country Club and also won the Western Open, the era's "fifth major". He also played in the Ryder Cup in 1935 and 1937.

Revolta was known as the "Iron Master" because of his outstanding short game. Regarding his bunker play in particular, short game master Paul Runyan said Revolta "led the class [of outstanding bunker players] by a big margin. His skill from sand simply left me aghast." His instruction book, Johnny Revolta's Short Cuts to Better Golf, first published in 1949, is still in print today.

Revolta was the head professional at Evanston Golf Club in Skokie, Illinois, from 1935 to 1966, and continued to teach there during summers into the late 1980s. He died in Palm Springs, California in 1991, a month shy of his 80th birthday. [2]

Professional wins (29)

PGA Tour wins (18)

Major championship is shown in bold.

Other wins (11)

this list is probably incomplete

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionshipWinning scoreRunner-up
1935 PGA Championship 5 & 4 Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Armour

Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958

Results timeline

Tournament19281929
U.S. Open WD
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament1930193119321933193419351936193719381939
Masters Tournament NYFNYFNYFNYFT18T1325T13T18T31
U.S. Open T15T8T36T14T28T16T22
The Open Championship T32
PGA Championship R32R161R32R32R32R16
Tournament1940194119421943194419451946194719481949
Masters Tournament T27NTNTNTT29T39
U.S. Open T16WDNTNTNTNT
The Open Championship NTNTNTNTNTNT
PGA Championship R64NTR16R64
Tournament1950195119521953195419551956195719581959
Masters Tournament T421358T60T4975CUTCUTCUT
U.S. Open T1940CUTT29CUTT30
The Open Championship
PGA Championship R16R128
Tournament196019611962
Masters Tournament CUTCUTCUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship CUT
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

NYF = tournament not yet founded
NT = no tournament
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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 0000062115
U.S. Open 0000171712
The Open Championship 00000011
PGA Championship 1001591111
Totals10016225039

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References

  1. ↑ "Official Program of the 2010 PGA Championship: Raised in Oshkosh, Wis., Johhny Revolta went on to win the 1935 PGA Championship". PGA of America. p. 91. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Johnny Revolta, Golf Caddie Turned Champion". Chicago Tribune. March 6, 1991. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Wisconsin Open golf meet starts Sunday on Lawsonia course". Milwaukee Journal. August 28, 1932. p. 3-sports. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Wisconsin State Golf Association, Johnny Revolta bio". Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
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