Forrest Fezler, a PGA Tour winner and golf course designer/builder who once protested the USGA by wearing shorts in a U.S. Open, died Friday morning in Tallahassee, Fla., at age 69. He had been battling cancer, according to his son Jordan. (Golf Digest first reported the news of Fezler's death.)
Fezler, nicknamed "Fuzzy," was born Sept. 23, 1949, in Hayward, Calif. He played college golf at San Jose City College and won the Cal State Amateur in 1969. He was named the Tour’s rookie of the year in 1973 and a year later won the 1974 Southern Open, his only Tour win.