Johnny Revolta

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Johnny Revolta

Personal Information
Birth	April 5, 1911 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Death	March 3, 1991 (age 79) Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Nationality	United States
College	None
Career
Professional wins	26 (PGA Tour: 18, Other: 8)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 1
Masters	13th/T13: 1935, 1937, 1952
U.S. Open	T8: 1934
British Open	T32: 1937
PGA Championship	Won 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.

Revolta was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Like most professional golfers of his generation, he started out as a club professional. He worked at Swan Lake Country Club in 1930, Chippewa Elks Golf Club from 1931–1933, and Tripoli Country Club from 1934–1936. He was a member of the PGA Tour from 1935–1952.^[1] His best year was 1935 when he won the PGA Championship and Western Open along with three other tournaments and led the PGA Tour's money list. In the 1935 PGA Championship he beat Tommy Armour 5 and 4. He won a total of 18 times on the PGA Tour. He also played on the 1935 and 1937 Ryder Cup teams.

Revolta died in Palm Springs, California in 1991.

Contents 1 Professional wins (28) 1.1 PGA Tour wins (18) 1.2 Other wins (10) 2 Results in major championships 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Professional wins (28)

[edit] 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.

[edit] Other wins (10)

this list is probably incomplete

• Five Illinois PGA Championships between 1936–1947
• 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)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1928	1929
The Masters	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
The Masters	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
The Masters	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
The Masters	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	NYF	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962
The Masters	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.

[edit] See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

[edit] References

1. ^ "Wisconsin State Golf Association, Johnny Revolta bio". Retrieved on 2007-10-18.

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