PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — 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 battling cancer. It provided no other details.

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.

Four-time PGA Tour winner Ed Fiori, who famously denied Tiger Woods his first title, has sadly passed away after losing his battle with cancer today at the age of 72. Fiori won his first title on the PGA Tour at the 1979 Southern Open.