Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion who was known for his humor but sparked a firestorm with a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, has died at the age of 74, the PGA Tour said Thursday.

"The PGA Tour is saddened by the passing of Fuzzy Zoeller," commissioner Jay Monahan said in a statement. "Fuzzy was a true original whose talent and charisma left an indelible mark on the game of golf."

No cause of death was disclosed.

Zoeller remains the last man to win the Masters in his first attempt, triumphing at Augusta National in a three-way playoff in 1979.

He beat Australian Greg Norman in a playoff at Winged Foot to take the 1984 US Open -- not before waving a white towel in mock surrender when he erroneously thought Norman had seized the lead with a birdie at the final hole of

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