Ed Fiori

Edward Ray Fiori (born April 21, 1953) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.

Ed Fiori
Personal information
Full nameEdward Ray Fiori
Born (1953-04-21) April 21, 1953
Lynwood, California
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight220 lb (100 kg; 16 st)
Nationality United States
ResidenceSugar Land, Texas
Career
CollegeUniversity of Houston
Turned professional1977
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour4
PGA Tour Champions1
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT6: 1980
PGA ChampionshipT9: 1989
U.S. OpenT35: 1978
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Fiori was born in Lynwood, California. As a youth, Fiori would sneak through a barbed wire fence to a nine-hole course near his Downey, California home 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 14 years earlier, at the 1982 Bob Hope Desert Classic.[2] Fiori's victory at Quad Cities denied a rookie Tiger Woods his first title. This would be the only time in his career that Woods would fail to win with an outright 54-hole lead until Y. E. Yang outplayed him in the 2009 PGA Championship.

At 5 feet 7 inches tall and 220 pounds, Fiori is a stocky man; and in recent years has been plagued with a host of weight-related health problems that have affected his play and limited his playing time, including spinal fusion surgery. Fiori is nicknamed "The Grip" because of his unusually strong grip on the club.[1] He lives in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land, Texas.

Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour wins (4)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
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.YearTournamentOpponentResult
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

Other wins (2)

Champions Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 Mar 7, 2004 MasterCard Classic −6 (72-71-67=210) Playoff Graham Marsh

Champions Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2004 MasterCard Classic Graham Marsh Won with par on third extra hole

Results in major championships
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.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

References
  1. "Biographical information from PGA Tour's official site". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  2. Zullo, Allan, "Astonishing but True Golf Facts", Andrew McMeels Publishing, Forest Fairview, North Carolina, 2001.
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