Johnny Revolta
1 Major Championship • 90th All-Time
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About Johnny Revolta
Johnny Revolta won 1 major championship during their career.
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Career Highlights
- 1935 PGA Championship — Dominated Tommy Armour 5 & 4 in the final at Twin Hills Golf & Country Club
- 1935 Season — Career year with five tournament wins and led the PGA Tour money list
- 1935 Western Open — Captured the era's "fifth major" in his banner season
- Ryder Cup — Represented the United States in 1935 and 1937
- PGA Tour Success — Accumulated 18 career PGA Tour victories from 1933-1941
- Teaching Legacy — Served as head professional at Evanston Golf Club from 1935-1966, continuing to teach into the late 1980s
Did You Know?
- The "Iron Master": Revolta earned this nickname for his exceptional short game, particularly his bunker play. Fellow short-game legend Paul Runyan said Revolta "led the class by a big margin" and his sand play "simply left me aghast"
- Still Teaching Today: Revolta's instruction book "Johnny Revolta's Short Cuts to Better Golf," first published in 1949, remains in print over 75 years later — a testament to his timeless teaching methods
- Caddie Champion: After his family moved from St. Louis to Oshkosh, Wisconsin when he was 12, Revolta learned golf as a caddie at the public course and won the Wisconsin state caddie championship at just 14 years old