It was quad city for Tiger Woods.
A quadruple bogey on the fourth hole and a quadruple-putt green on No. 7 did in Woods, who first lost his composure and then lost his chance to win the Quad City Classic on Sunday.Trying to get his first tournament victory as a professional in only his third try, Woods shot a shaky 72 and finished - what else? - four strokes behind Ed Fiori, who won for the first time since 1982.
"I had a three-stroke lead and it all slipped away in a heartbeat," a dejected Woods said. "I just putted horribly."
Fiori, a 43-year-old veteran of 19 years on the tour, was a model of patience as he was consistently outdriven by 80 yards by Woods and fought for quiet with the huge gallery following his 20-year-old partner.
"Fighting all those crowds will wear you out," Fiori said. "I never thought I'd be in this position again after 14 years."
Fiori earned his final-round 67 and 72-hole total of 12-under-par 268 with a solid short game. There was a lesson there for Woods, the first-round leader.
"This was his tournament to win," Fiori said. "He hit one bad shot and never got over it."
Woods was long off the tee as usual - consistently hitting the ball around 340 yards - but length alone does not win PGA Tour events.
Two many bad shots, too many bad decisions and too many bad putts had Woods slamming clubs, muttering to himself and at one time nearly hitting his caddie with a carelessly tossed club.
Woods never gave up and birdied two of the last five holes. He won $42,150 to push his winnings to $82,194 in three events - good for 166th place on the money list - as he tries to earn the $150,000 he likely will need to get to 125th place and earn his full-time PGA Tour card.
His fifth-place finish behind Fiori, Magee, Chris Perry and Steve Jones was Woods' best as a pro.
Perhaps it was all a learning experience for the golfer who turned pro on Aug. 27 amid much fanfare and with millions in endorsement contracts.
It was his first time in contention in the last round against professionals, indicating that victory is only a matter of time.
"I see progress," Woods said. "I keep getting better."
He finished 60th in his pro debut at the Greater Milwaukee Open and was 11th the next week.
"It's not a golf story," Earl Woods said as he watched his son on the practice green before Sunday's final round. "It's a human story: Can the kid hang on?"
Not on this day, although the massive gallery at Oakwood Country Club walked the fairways with a sense they were there to see history - the first victory by a future great.
BANK ONE CLASSIC
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Mike Hill won a tournament for the seventh straight year, the longest current streak on the Senior PGA Tour, a one-stroke victory in the Bank One Classic on Sunday.
Hill, who was in a four-way tie for the lead after the second round, shot a 4-under-par 68 to finish with a 54-hole total of 207, one stroke ahead of Gibby Gilbert and Isao Aoki.
The victory in the $600,000 event was worth $90,000 and Hill increased his 1996 earnings to $340,846. He has won 18 titles and $5.8 million in his senior career.
Lee Trevino has registered a victory each of the last six years, but has yet to win in 1996.
The Senior PGA Tour record is nine straight years by Miller Barber from 1981 to 1989 and the PGA Tour record is 17 consecutive years by Jack Nicklaus from 1962 to 1978.
Hill began the final round on the Kearney Hill Links tied with Jim Wilkinson, Bobby Strobe and Mike McCullough, all of whom earned exempt status at the qualifying school last November.
But they failed to make a serious challenge after Hill began to assert himself with six birdies and one bogey over the first 12 holes to go 10 under. Hill also bogeyed the par-4 16th, but showed cool under pressure by parring the final two holes.
Wilkinson, the first-round leader, closed with a 70 to finished tied for fourth with Dick Hendrickson and J.C. Snead at 209. Strobe had a 71 Sunday for a 210 while McCullough was another stroke behind after a 72.
Aoki, who slumped to a 75 on Saturday, rallied with a 66 to nearly force a playoff. After a bogey on the first hole to go to one under, he put together birdies on Nos. 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in going five under at the turn. He also birdied Nos. 10 and 14 and finished with a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th.
LPGA SAFECO CLASSIC
KENT, Wash. (AP) - Australian rookie Karrie Webb shot a 3-under-par 69 Sunday to win the $550,000 Safeco Classic, her third victory of the year and one that allowed her to overtake Laura Davies on the LPGA money list.
Defending champion Patty Sheehan, trying to win this event for the fourth time, finished two shots behind Webb at 9-under 279 after a final-round 72 on the 6,241-yard Meridian Valley Country Club course.
It was Webb's eighth top-three finish this year and the $82,500 winner's purse gave her a rookie-record $769,532 for the year in LPGA 21 tournaments. Davies, who skipped the Safeco to prepare for next weekend's Solheim Cup and won the English Open, has won $764,081 in 15 events.
Sheehan, who earned $51,201, won the inaugural event here in 1982 and then won again in 1990 and 1995.
Second- and third-round leader Tammie Green struggled with a 76 Sunday and finished tied with Barb Mucha for third at 280.
Val Skinner finished alone in fifth place at 281. Pat Hurst, Amy Fruhwirth and Kate Hughes all were at 282.
Despite her miserable round, Green had a chance to tie Webb with a birdie on No. 18 but hit her third shot into the bunker right of the green. Green overshot the green on her fourth shot and three-putted for a double-bogey.
Webb, 21, won the Healthsouth Inaugural in January and the Sprint Titleholders Championship in May.