Ed Fiori
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Edward Ray Fiori |
| Born | April 21, 1953 Lynwood, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 6, 2025 (aged 72) Houston, Texas, U.S.[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 16 st) |
| Sporting nationality | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States |
| Career | |
| College | University of Houston |
| Turned professional | 1977 |
| Former tours | PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 4 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T6: 1980 |
| PGA Championship | T9: 1989 |
| U.S. Open | T35: 1978 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
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Edward Ray Fiori (April 21, 1953 – July 6, 2025) was an American professional golfer who won four times on the PGA Tour and one time on the Champions Tour.
Early life and amateur career
[edit | edit source]Fiori was born in Lynwood, California. During his childhood, Fiori would sneak through a barbed wire fence to a nine-hole course near his home in Downey, California to practice his game.[2] He attended the University of Houston where he played on the Houston Cougars golf team.
Professional career
[edit | edit source]In 1977, Fiori turned pro. He joined the PGA Tour after his success at Fall 1977 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates.
Fiori's first of four tournament wins on the PGA Tour was at the 1979 Southern Open. His last victory at the 1996 Quad City Classic led to the postponement of his plans to retire from the game and become a charter-boat captain.[2] Fiori's previous PGA tour victory was at the 1982 Bob Hope Desert Classic.[3] Fiori beat Tiger Woods at Quad City preventing Woods from gaining his first PGA Tour title. This would be the first of only four times in Woods' career that he would fail to win after holding the 54-hole-lead, all of Woods failure weren't majors until Yang Yong-eun outplayed Woods 13 years later at the 2009 PGA Championship.[4]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Fiori had been plagued with weight-related health problems, which led to him undergoing spinal fusion surgery in 2005.[4] He lived in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land, Texas.[5]
Fiori died of cancer on July 6, 2025, at the age of 72.[6][7][8]
Professional wins (7)
[edit | edit source]PGA Tour wins (4)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 14, 1979 | Southern Open | −14 (69-72-65-68=274) | Playoff | United States Tom Weiskopf |
| 2 | Jul 5, 1981 | Western Open | −11 (74-67-69-67=277) | 4 strokes | United States Jim Colbert, United States Greg Powers, United States Jim Simons |
| 3 | Jan 17, 1982 | Bob Hope Desert Classic | −25 (70-65-66-67-67=335) | Playoff | United States Tom Kite |
| 4 | Sep 15, 1996 | Quad City Classic | −12 (66-68-67-67=268) | 2 strokes | United States Andrew Magee |
PGA Tour playoff record (2–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1979 | Southern Open | United States Tom Weiskopf | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
| 2 | 1982 | Bob Hope Desert Classic | United States Tom Kite | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
Other wins (2)
[edit | edit source]- 1981 Southern California Open
- 1984 Jerry Ford Invitational
Champions Tour wins (1)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 7, 2004 | MasterCard Classic | −6 (72-71-67=210) | Playoff | Australia Graham Marsh |
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Champions Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | MasterCard Classic | Australia Graham Marsh | Won with par on third extra hole |
Results in major championships
[edit | edit source]| Tournament | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T6 | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | T35 | CUT | T46 | CUT | ||||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T33 | T54 | T55 | CUT | T51 | T52 | T9 |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | |||||||
| U.S. Open | ||||||||
| PGA Championship | T69 | CUT |
Note: Fiori never played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
See also
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Ed Fiori at the PGA Tour official site
- Ed Fiori at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- American male golfers
- Houston Cougars men's golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- PGA Tour Champions golfers
- Golfers from Los Angeles County, California
- Golfers from Texas
- Sportspeople from Lynwood, California
- Sportspeople from Downey, California
- Sportspeople from Sugar Land, Texas
- Deaths from cancer in Texas
- 1953 births
- 2025 deaths
- 20th-century American sportsmen