PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — 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.

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,

The 72-year-old died Sunday after battling cancer; in three of his four PGA Tour wins he hunted down future Hall of Famers, including a 20-year-old Tiger Woods.