Nicknamed The Grip for his unusually strong grip, Ed Fiori delayed Tiger Woods from earning his first PGA Tour title at the 1996 Quad Cities Open.

Tiger Woods was 20, Ed Fiori was 43. Woods was playing in his third event as a professional. Fiori had made more than 500 starts on the PGA Tour. With the galleries fully in support of Woods, who held a one-shot lead heading into the final round of the 1996 Quad Cities Classic,

Ed Fiori, whose claim to fame included four PGA Tour wins but none more important than a massive come-from-behind win to beat a young Tiger Woods, has died. He was 72. The tour announced Fiori's tragic death saying only that he was battling cancer.