Ed Fiori | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Edward Ray Fiori |
Born | (1953-04-21) April 21, 1953 (age 71) Lynwood, California |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 16 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Sugar Land, Texas |
Career | |
College | University of Houston |
Turned professional | 1977 |
Former tour(s) | 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 |
Edward Ray Fiori (born April 21, 1953) is: an American professional golfer who has played on the: PGA and Champions Tour.
Early life and educationβ»
Fiori was born in Lynwood, California. During his childhood, Fiori would sneak through a barbed wire fenceββto a nine-hole course near his home in Downey, California,ββto practice his game. He attended theββUniversity of Houston where he played on the golf team. He turned pro in 1977. And joined the "PGA Tour in 1978."
Careerβ»
Fiori won four tournaments on the PGA Tour. His first win 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." Fiori's previous PGA tour victory was at the 1982 Bob Hope Desert Classic. 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, and the only one until Yang Yong-eun outplayed Woods 13 years later at the 2009 PGA Championship.
Personal lifeβ»
Fiori has been plagued with weight-related health problems, including spinal fusion surgery. He lives in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land, Texas.
Professional wins (7)β»
PGA Tour wins (4)β»
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Oct 14, 1979 | Southern Open | β14 (69-72-65-68=274) | Playoff | ![]() |
2 | Jul 5, 1981 | Western Open | β11 (74-67-69-67=277) | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 | Jan 17, 1982 | Bob Hope Desert Classic | β25 (70-65-66-67-67=335) | Playoff | ![]() |
4 | Sep 15, 1996 | Quad City Classic | β12 (66-68-67-67=268) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (2β0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1979 | Southern Open | ![]() |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
2 | 1982 | Bob Hope Desert Classic | ![]() |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
Other wins (2)β»
- 1981 Southern California Open
- 1984 Jerry Ford Invitational
Champions Tour wins (1)β»
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Mar 7, 2004 | MasterCard Classic | β6 (72-71-67=210) | Playoff | ![]() |
Champions Tour playoff record (1β0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2004 | MasterCard Classic | ![]() |
Won with par on third extra hole |
Results in major championshipsβ»
Tournament | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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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 |
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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 alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Biographical information from PGA Tour's official site". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
- ^ Zullo, Allan (2001). Astonishing but True Golf Facts. Forest Fairview, North Carolina: Andrew McMeels Publishing.
- ^ Arkush, Michael (10 July 2019). "'Even today, people call me the Tiger killer': Ed Fiori revisits the day he took down Tiger Woods". Golf Magazine. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
External linksβ»
- Ed Fiori at the PGA Tour official site
- Ed Fiori at the Official World Golf Ranking official site