In 1996, a 43-year-old Fiori entered the final round of the John Deere Classic (then known as the Quad City Classic) one back, but hunted down the 20-year-old Woods for his fourth and final Tour win.

At the 1996 Quad City Classic (John Deere Classic), Tiger Woods was playing his third PGA TOUR event as a professional. Ed Fiori had made over 500 starts on TOUR. Woods was 20, Fiori 43.

A Four‑time PGA Tour winner and beloved figure in professional golf has died at the age of 72 after battling disease.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The 1996 John Deere Classic winner, Ed Fiori, has passed away at age 72. According to the PGA TOUR website, the player known as “The Grip” because of the strong grip ...

Ed Fiori, who for 13 years was the only player to rally from a 54-hole deficit to beat Tiger Woods on the PGA Tour, died Sunday, the tour said on its website. He was 72. The tour said Fiori had been ...

“I’m 5-7, 200,” Fiori said at the time about the event now known as the John Deere Classic. “I better be a little mean out here or they’d have run me out a long time ago.

Fiori won after a heated round against Tiger Woods in the 1996 Quad City Classic, now called the John Deere Classic, the PGA said. It was the final win of Fiori’s PGA Tour career.

Ed Fiori passed away on Sunday, July 6, at 72 years old. He won the Quad City Classic, now known as the John Deere Classic, in 1996.

Ed Fiori's final of four PGA Tour wins is the one he was best known for – staring down a 20-year-old Tiger Woods at age 43 to capture the 1996 Quad Cities Classic (now known as the John Deere ...

Fiori is best known for his triumph at the Quad Cities Classic, now known as the John Deer Classic, when he defeated a 20-year-old Woods in the final round at Oakwood Country Club in Coal Valley, Ill.

Tributes have poured in for PGA Tour stalwart Ed Fiori after the four-time champion passed away following a battle with ...