At the 1996 Quad City Classic (John Deere Classic), Tiger Woods was playing his third PGA TOUR event as a professional. Ed Fiori was appearing in his 522nd TOUR event. Woods was 20, Fiori 43. The 1996 season had not gone well for Fiori, who, by then, was in his 19th year as a TOUR pro.

A former PGA Tour winner is dead on Sunday evening. The PGA Tour announced on Sunday that Ed Fiori, a four-time winner on the tour, died at the age of 72 years old. The standout PGA Tour golfer was perhaps best known for chasing down a then-20-year-old Tiger Woods at age 43 to win the 1996