Overview

• Ed Fiori died on July 6 at age 72 after battling cancer, the PGA Tour announced.
• He captured four PGA Tour titles between 1979 and 1996, highlighted by a comeback victory at the 1996 Quad City Classic in which he rallied from a 54-hole deficit to defeat a 20-year-old Tiger Woods.
• Across 583 PGA Tour starts from 1978 to 2004, Fiori recorded two runner-up finishes, five top-three results and 38 top-10s, later adding a 2004 Champions Tour title.
• PGA Tour Champions President Miller Brady praised Fiori’s “grit and resolution in the face of immeasurable odds” and noted he fought cancer with the same determination.
• His career resilience extended beyond the course as he recovered from a 2003 heart attack and a 2005 spinal fusion surgery, earning him a reputation as a true ‘pro’s pro.’