Ed Fiori
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 | ![]() |
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 Tour and the Champions Tour.
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. | 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 | ![]() |
2 | Jul 5, 1981 | Western Open | −11 (74-67-69-67=277) | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 | Jan 17, 1982 | Bob Hope Desert Classic | −25 (70-65-66-67-67=335) | Playoff | ![]() |
4 | Sep 15, 1996 | Quad City Classic | −12 (66-68-67-67=268) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (2–0)
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)[]
- 1981 Southern California Open
- 1984 Jerry Ford Invitational
Champions Tour wins (1)[]
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 | ![]() |
Champions Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2004 | MasterCard Classic | ![]() |
Won with par on third extra hole |
Results in major championships[]
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 also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Biographical information from PGA Tour's official site". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
- ^ Zullo, Allan, "Astonishing but True Golf Facts", Andrew McMeels Publishing, Forest Fairview, North Carolina, 2001.
External links[]
- Ed Fiori at the PGA Tour official site
- Ed Fiori at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- American male golfers
- Houston Cougars men's golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- PGA Tour Champions golfers
- Golfers from California
- Golfers from Texas
- People from Lynwood, California
- Sportspeople from Downey, California
- People from Sugar Land, Texas
- 1953 births
- Living people