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extra=born (尾崎 正司) 24 January 1947 is a professional . Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki (ジャンボ尾崎 Janbo Ozaki) on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks between 1989 and 1998. 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking He is the most successful player of all time on the Japan Golf Tour, having led the money list a record 12 times and won 94 tournaments, over 40 more than the second highest player. Ozaki was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011.

Career
Ozaki was born in Kaifu District, Tokushima.

Ozaki was a professional pitcher/outfielder from 1965 to 1967 with the . Masashi Ozaki career baseball stats 1965 Pacific League stats 1966 Pacific League stats 1967 Pacific League stats However, he turned to professional golf at the age of 23 and won the Japan PGA Championship the following year.

Ozaki led the Japan Golf Tour in earnings in 1973–1974, 1977, 1988–1990, 1992, and 1994–1998. Ozaki finished 8th at the 1973 Masters Tournament and finished 6th at the 1989 U.S. Open. He competed at the Masters 19 times. He played occasionally on the from 1972 to 2000, in 96 tournaments, though never more than nine in one year. In these starts, his best finish was a T-4 at the 1993 Memorial Tournament.

(2025). 9781602393028, Skyhorse Publishing.
Ozaki played on the International Team in the 1996 . Ozaki built "AON Age" with his rivals and Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima.

As late as 2019, he still played occasionally on the Japan Golf Tour.

Personal life
Ozaki's brothers and are also successful touring professional golfers.

Awards and honors
  • Ozaki has won the Japan Golf Tour money list 12 times: in 1973, 1974, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998
  • In 2011, Ozaki was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Professional wins (114)
Japan Golf Tour wins (94)
Flagship events (2)
Other Japan Golf Tour (92)
113 May 1973Kanto Pro Championship−9 (69-68-72-70=279)
28 Jul 1973ANA Sapporo Open−5 (72-70-74-67=283)2 strokes
35 Aug 1973−15 (65-68-67-73=273)3 strokes
414 Oct 1973Taiheiyo Club Masters−6 (71-67-71-69=278)Playoff
528 Oct 1973−11 (71-65-69-72=277)1 stroke
623 Jun 1974 (2)−8 (71-70-71-68=280)3 strokes
77 Jul 1974ANA Sapporo Open (2)−6 (72-73-71-66=282)Playoff
818 Aug 1974Japan PGA Championship−14 (67-68-66-73=274)4 strokes
98 Sep 1974−16 (66-69-66-71=272)3 strokes
1029 Sep 1974Japan Open Golf Championship−13 (69-69-68-73=279)1 strokeTakashi Murakami
1117 Nov 1974Golf Nippon Series−10 (73-69-70-68=280)4 strokesTakashi Murakami
128 Jun 1975 (3)−10 (70-69-67-72=278)1 stroke
1311 Jul 1976−6 (69-68-76-69=282)1 strokeTakashi Murakami
145 Sep 1976−13 (66-66-68=200)*1 stroke
1519 Sep 1976−16 (72-63-65-72=272)1 stroke
1629 May 1977Pepsi-Wilson Tournament−14 (69-67-72-66=274)4 strokes
1724 Jul 1977 (2)−11 (73-71-67-66=277)4 strokes, Takashi Murakami
1816 Oct 1977 (2)−10 (67-69-70-72=278)1 stroke
194 Dec 1977Golf Nippon Series (2)−15 (74-66-68-67=275)4 strokes
2021 May 1978Pepsi-Wilson Tournament (2)−13 (67-74-65-69=275)5 strokes
2124 Sep 1978 (2)−15 (69-66-67-71=273)Playoff
2227 Apr 1980Dunlop International Open1−11 (68-70-69-70=277)5 strokes,
2311 May 1980Fujisankei Classic−5 (72-67-71-73=283)1 stroke, Takahiro Takeyasu
247 Dec 1980Golf Nippon Series (3)−7 (72-72-71-68=283)2 strokes
255 Sep 1982 (3)+2 (73-72-73-72=290)1 stroke
2630 Oct 1983Gene Sarazen Jun ClassicE (72-69-72-75=288)PlayoffMasahiro Kuramoto
2728 Oct 1984 (3)−15 (65-67-69-68=269)3 strokes
2811 May 1986Fujisankei Classic (2)−5 (65-72-71-71=279)1 stroke
2917 Aug 1986−20 (68-66-68-66=268)4 strokes
3024 Aug 1986−12 (64-72-70-70=276)3 strokes,
3128 Sep 1986Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (2)−9 (69-72-68-70=279)1 strokeMasahiro Kuramoto
323 May 1987−12 (69-67-66-66=268)6 strokes, ,
Masahiro Kuramoto, Yoshitaka Yamamoto
3310 May 1987Fujisankei Classic (3)−9 (68-72-66-69=275)2 strokes
3427 Sep 1987Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (3)−12 (68-69-67=204)*5 strokes
3524 Apr 19881 (2)−10 (69-70-69-70=278)3 strokes
3614 Aug 1988 (2)−5 (72-71-72-68=283)4 strokes
3721 Aug 1988 (2)−6 (73-65-69=207)*3 strokes,
389 Oct 1988Japan Open Golf Championship (2)+4 (67-73-75-73=288)1 stroke, Tsuneyuki Nakajima
3916 Oct 1988Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament−12 (69-72-69-62=272)PlayoffBrian Jones
4023 Oct 1988−15 (72-64-68-69=273)2 strokes
417 May 1989Fujisankei Classic (4)−2 (68-68-70-76=282)2 strokesKatsunari Takahashi
4214 May 1989Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup3 and 2
434 Jun 1989 (4)−12 (70-65-71-66=272)3 strokesTsuneyuki Nakajima, Katsunari Takahashi
449 Jul 1989Yonex Open Hiroshima (4)−18 (69-67-68-66=270)6 strokes, ,
456 Aug 1989Japan PGA Championship (2)−6 (68-68-71-71=278)1 stroke
4617 Sep 1989 (3)−8 (71-70-68-71=280)6 strokes
478 Oct 1989Japan Open Golf Championship (3)−6 (66-68-67-73=274)3 strokesBrian Jones
486 May 1990Fujisankei Classic (5)−5 (67-77-64=208)*1 stroke, ,
Tōru Nakamura, ,
Yoshitaka Yamamoto
498 Jul 1990Yonex Open Hiroshima (5)−10 (69-73-71-65=278)1 strokeTsuneyuki Nakajima
5019 Aug 1990 (2)−15 (69-70-66-68=273)5 strokesTsuneyuki Nakajima
5126 Aug 1990Daiwa KBC Augusta−19 (65-66-68-70=269)10 strokes
5218 Aug 1991Japan PGA Championship (3)−15 (71-73-68-61=273)6 strokes
5329 Sep 1991Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (4)−11 (69-68-70-70=277)Playoff
5426 Apr 19921 (3)−2 (69-76-72-69=286)Playoff
553 May 1992 (2)−10 (68-69-66-67=270)4 strokes,
565 Jul 1992PGA Philanthropy Tournament−14 (69-64-70-67=270)3 strokes
5720 Sep 1992 (4)−8 (70-69-69-72=280)4 strokes
5811 Oct 1992Japan Open Golf Championship (4)−11 (64-73-71-69=277)5 strokes, Masahiro Kuramoto
5915 Nov 1992Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters (2)−12 (74-66-66-70=276)1 strokeMasahiro Kuramoto, ,
609 May 1993Fujisankei Classic (6)−14 (67-67-68-68=270)4 strokes,
6116 May 1993Japan PGA Championship (4)−10 (68-73-67-70=278)1 strokeTsuyoshi Yoneyama
6217 Oct 1993Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament (2)−16 (68-67-66-67=268)2 strokesTsuneyuki Nakajima
6324 Apr 19941 (4)−14 (67-68-70-69=274)1 stroke
6410 Jul 1994Yonex Open Hiroshima (6)−14 (68-74-67-65=274)3 strokes
6518 Sep 1994 (5)−20 (68-68-63-69=268)9 strokes
662 Oct 1994Japan Open Golf Championship (5)−18 (68-66-69-67=270)13 strokes,
676 Nov 1994Daiwa International−18 (65-72-70-63=270)15 strokes
6813 Nov 1994Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (3)−18 (66-69-68-67=270)5 strokes
6920 Nov 1994Dunlop Phoenix Tournament−15 (67-69-65=201)*1 strokeTom Watson
7030 Apr 1995 (3)−20 (66-64-63-67=260)5 strokes
719 Jul 1995Yonex Open Hiroshima (7)−9 (73-68-66=207)*1 stroke
7217 Sep 1995 (6)−9 (70-72-69-68=279)3 strokes
7319 Nov 1995Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (2)−11 (65-71-69-68=273)1 stroke, ,
743 Dec 1995Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup (4)−16 (66-67-71-68=272)2 strokes, Tsuneyuki Nakajima
7528 Apr 1996 (4)−12 (64-68-69-67=268)4 strokesKatsuyoshi Tomori
7612 May 1996Japan PGA Championship (5)−18 (68-66-67-69=270)8 strokes
7726 May 1996Mitsubishi Galant Tournament−9 (72-70-73-64=279)Playoff
782 Jun 1996JCB Classic Sendai (5)−7 (69-69-67-72=277)Playoff
7925 Aug 1996Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta (2)−15 (64-70-70-69=273)Playoff
8022 Sep 1996Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (5)−19 (68-64-65=197)*6 strokes
8117 Nov 1996Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (3)−7 (68-67-69-73=277)3 strokes, Tom Watson
821 Dec 1996Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup (5)−26 (62-68-65-67=262)4 strokes
8316 Mar 1997Token Corporation Cup−19 (71-65-61-72=269)1 stroke
844 May 1997 (5)−13 (67-67-66-67=267)2 strokes
851 Jun 1997Mitsubishi Galant Tournament (2)−10 (70-70-70-68=278)2 strokes, Kōki Idoki,
Tōru Nakamura
8631 Aug 1997Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta (3)−22 (65-67-67-67=266)12 strokes,
8726 Oct 1997 (2)−15 (66-70-71-66=273)1 stroke,
8812 Jul 1998Yonex Open Hiroshima (8)−18 (68-70-66-66=270)1 stroke
8930 Aug 1998Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta (4)−13 (66-72-65-72=275)4 strokesKatsunori Kuwabara
901 Nov 1998Philip Morris Championship−13 (75-68-68-64=275)1 stroke,
9114 Mar 1999Token Corporation Cup (2)−15 (72-65-69-67=273)1 stroke
9211 Jul 1999Yonex Open Hiroshima (9)−15 (73-69-67-64=273)Playoff
936 Aug 2000Sun Chlorella Classic−12 (74-68-66-68=276)Playoff
9422 Sep 2002 (7)−17 (67-66-69-69=271)1 stroke
*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (12–9)

11973Taiheiyo Club MastersWon three-hole aggregate playoff;
Ozaki: −1 (3-3-4=10),
Yancey: +2 (4-5-4=13)
21974ANA Sapporo OpenWon with birdie on first extra hole
31978Won with par on second extra hole
41979Lost to birdie on second extra hole
51980Toshiba Taiheiyo MastersNorio SuzukiLost after concession on first extra hole
61983
(with )		 and Lost to birdie on third extra hole
71983, Fujiki won with par on third extra hole
Arai eliminated by par on first hole
81983Gene Sarazen Jun ClassicMasahiro KuramotoWon with par on first extra hole
91988Polaroid Cup Golf Digest TournamentBrian JonesWon with birdie on first extra hole
101991Gene Sarazen Jun ClassicWon with par on first extra hole
111992Won with birdie on first extra hole
121992Gene Sarazen Jun ClassicLost to par on third extra hole
131996Mitsubishi Galant TournamentWon with par on first extra hole
141996JCB Classic SendaiWon with par on first extra hole
151996Hisamitsu-KBC AugustaWon with par on second extra hole
161998Japan PGA ChampionshipLost to par on first extra hole
171998Golf Nippon Series JT CupKatsumasa MiyamotoLost to birdie on fourth extra hole
181999Yonex Open HiroshimaWon with birdie on first extra hole
192000Sun Chlorella ClassicWon with birdie on first extra hole
202001Juken Sangyo Open HiroshimaKeiichiro FukaboriLost to par on first extra hole
212003Acom InternationalMasahiro Kuramoto, Katsumasa MiyamotoKuramoto won with birdie on first extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (4)
127 Apr 1980Dunlop International Open1−11 (68-70-69-70=277)5 strokes,
224 Apr 19881 (2)−10 (69-70-69-70=278)3 strokes
326 Apr 19921 (3)−2 (69-76-72-69=286)Playoff
424 Apr 19941 (4)−14 (67-68-70-69=274)1 stroke
1Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–1)

11973Sobu International OpenShigeru UchidaLost to eagle on third extra hole
21992Won with birdie on first extra hole

New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (1)
18 Jan 1972New Zealand PGA Championship−15 (68-65-69-67=269)7 strokesBob Charles, Takashi Murakami

Other Japan wins (18)
  • 1971 (5) Japan PGA Championship, Nippon Series, Golf Digest Tournament, Miki Gold Cup (tie with ), Setouchi Series Hiroshima leg
  • 1972 (9) Wizard Tournament, , , All Nippon Doubles, Nippon Series, Grand Monarch Tournament, First Flight Tournament, Chiba Open, Asahi International
  • 1976 Chiba Open
  • 1984 Kanagawa Open
  • 1985 Kanagawa Open
  • 1992 Sanko Grand Summer Tournament

Other wins (1)
111 Feb 1990Nissan Super Skins$370,000$110,000

Results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUTT8CUTT43T33 CUTCUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T14T10
Masters Tournament CUT T18
U.S. Open T17CUTT6
The Open ChampionshipT60T35 T11 T30
CUT
Masters Tournament23T35 T45CUTT29CUT42CUTCUTT28
U.S. OpenT24CUTT23T33T28T28T67CUTCUTCUT
The Open ChampionshipCUT CUT T38CUT
T69 T47T49CUT CUT 78

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary
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7
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  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Results in The Players Championship
The Players ChampionshipT45CUTT27 WD82T29T29T50CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances
This list may be incomplete.
  • World Cup (representing Japan): 1974, 1988
  • Four Tours World Championship: (representing Japan) 1986 (winners), 1987, 1989
  • (International team): 1996

See also
  • List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins
  • Jumbo Ozaki no Hole In One - Famicom and Super Famicom video game

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