Johnny Revolta

Johnny Revolta
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	John F. Revolta
Born	(1911-04-05)April 5, 1911 St. Louis, Missouri
Died	March 3, 1991(1991-03-03) (aged 79) Palm Springs, California
Nationality	United States
Spouse	Lorene Revolta
Children	1 son, 2 daughters
Career
College	None
Turned professional	1929
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	29
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	18
Other	11
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	13th/T13: 1935, 1937, 1952
U.S. Open	T8: 1934
The Open Championship	T32: 1937
PGA Championship	Won: 1935
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.

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, Menominee, Michigan 1932–1933, and Tripoli Country Club in Milwaukee from 1934–1936. 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 1935–1952.^[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)

1933 (1) Miami Open
1934 (2) St. Paul Open, Wisconsin Open
1935 (5) Western Open, Sarasota Open, Wisconsin Open, PGA Championship, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Henry Picard)
1936 (1) Thomasville Open
1937 (2) Miami Biltmore Open, Miami International Four-Ball (with Henry Picard)
1938 (4) Sacramento Open, St. Petersburg Open, St. Paul Open, Columbia Open
1939 (1) Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Henry Picard)
1941 (1) San Francisco Match Play
1944 (1) Texas Open

Major championship is shown in bold.

Other wins (11)

this list is probably incomplete

1930 Wisconsin State Open
1931 Wisconsin State Open
1935 Miami International Four-Ball (with Henry Picard)
1936 Waterloo Open Golf Classic, Miami International Four-Ball (with Henry Picard), Illinois PGA Championship
1937 Illinois PGA Championship
1938 Illinois PGA Championship
1941 Illinois PGA Championship
1944 Pro-Lady Victory National (with Patty Berg)
1947 Illinois PGA Championship

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1935	PGA Championship	5 & 4	Tommy Armour

Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958

Results timeline

Tournament	1928	1929
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF
U.S. Open	WD	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	T18	T13	25	T13	T18	T31
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	T15	T8	T36	T14	T28	T16	T22
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T32	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	R32	R16	1	R32	R32	R32	R16

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	T27	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	DNP	T29	DNP	T39
U.S. Open	T16	WD	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	R64	DNP	DNP	NT	DNP	R16	DNP	R64	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	DNP	T42	13	58	T60	T49	75	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	T19	40	CUT	T29	DNP	CUT	T30	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R16	DNP	R128	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	CUT	DNP

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, F = 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.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	6	21	15
U.S. Open	0	0	1	7	17	12
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	1	1
PGA Championship	1	1	5	9	11	11
Totals	1	1	6	22	50	39

Most consecutive cuts made – 24 (1933 U.S. Open – 1940 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1934 U.S. Open – 1934 PGA)

References

↑ "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.
1 2 "Johnny Revolta, Golf Caddie Turned Champion". Chicago Tribune. March 6, 1991. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
↑ "Wisconsin Open golf meet starts Sunday on Lawsonia course". Milwaukee Journal. August 28, 1932. p. 3-sports. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
↑ "Wisconsin State Golf Association, Johnny Revolta bio". Retrieved May 9, 2013.

External links

Johnny Revolta at Find a Grave

PGA Championship champions

Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert

Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley† 2012 Rory McIlroy 2013 Jason Dufner 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Jason Day 2016 Jimmy Walker

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

Johnny Revolta in the Ryder Cup

United States Ryder Cup team – 1935

Olin Dutra Ky Laffoon Sam Parks Henry Picard Johnny Revolta Paul Runyan Gene Sarazen Horton Smith Craig Wood Walter Hagen (playing captain)

Won: 9 – 3

United States Ryder Cup team – 1937

Ed Dudley Ralph Guldahl Tony Manero Byron Nelson Henry Picard Johnny Revolta Gene Sarazen Denny Shute Horton Smith Sam Snead Walter Hagen (non-playing captain)

Won: 8 – 4

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