Ed Fiori | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Edward Ray Fiori |
Born | Lynwood, California | April 21, 1953
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 16 st) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
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.
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. [1] He attended the University of Houston where he played on the golf team. He turned pro in 1977 and joined the PGA Tour in 1978.
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. [1] Fiori's previous PGA tour victory was at the 1982 Bob Hope Desert Classic. [2] 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. [3]
Fiori has been plagued with weight-related health problems, including spinal fusion surgery. He lives in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land, Texas.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Oct 14, 1979 | Southern Open | −14 (69-72-65-68=274) | Playoff | Tom Weiskopf |
2 | Jul 5, 1981 | Western Open | −11 (74-67-69-67=277) | 4 strokes | Jim Colbert, Greg Powers, Jim Simons |
3 | Jan 17, 1982 | Bob Hope Desert Classic | −25 (70-65-66-67-67=335) | Playoff | Tom Kite |
4 | Sep 15, 1996 | Quad City Classic | −12 (66-68-67-67=268) | 2 strokes | Andrew Magee |
PGA Tour playoff record (2–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1979 | Southern Open | Tom Weiskopf | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
2 | 1982 | Bob Hope Desert Classic | Tom Kite | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Mar 7, 2004 | MasterCard Classic | −6 (72-71-67=210) | Playoff | Graham Marsh |
Champions Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2004 | MasterCard Classic | Graham Marsh | Won with par on third extra hole |
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.
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