Overview

• Ed Fiori died on July 6, 2025, at age 72 following a prolonged fight with cancer, the PGA Tour announced.
• A four-time PGA Tour winner, Fiori’s most celebrated triumph came at the 1996 Quad City Classic when he erased a 54-hole deficit to best a young Tiger Woods.
• For 13 years he remained the only golfer to overturn such a deficit against Woods in a PGA Tour event until Y.E. Yang’s 2009 feat at Hazeltine.
• PGA Tour Champions president Miller Brady lauded Fiori’s “grit and resolution” in the face of illness, noting he battled cancer with the same determination he showed on the course.
• Fiori also earned praise for his charitable work, including contributions to Doodle for Hunger and fundraising through donated artworks.