Masashi Ozaki

Masashi Ozaki (尾崎 将司, Ozaki Masashi; born (尾崎 正司) 24 January 1947) is a Japanese professional golfer. 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Masashi Ozaki 尾崎 将司
Personal information
Nickname	Jumbo
Born	(1947-01-24) 24 January 1947 (age 78) Kaifu District, Tokushima, Japan
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	1970
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	114
Highest ranking	5 (1 September 1996)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	94 (1st all-time)
Other	20
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T8: 1973
PGA Championship	T47: 1994
U.S. Open	T6: 1989
The Open Championship	T10: 1979
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 2011 (member page) PGA of Japan Tour money list winner 1973, 1974, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Early life

Ozaki was born in Kaifu District, Tokushima.

Professional career

Ozaki was a professional baseball pitcher/outfielder from 1965 to 1967 with the Nishitetsu Lions.^[4][5][6][7] 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 PGA Tour 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.^[8][9] Ozaki played on the International Team in the 1996 Presidents Cup. Ozaki built "AON Age" with his rivals Isao Aoki and Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima.

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

Personal life

Ozaki's brothers Tateo "Jet" Ozaki and Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki are also successful touring professional golfers.

Professional wins (114)

Japan Golf Tour wins (94)

Legend
Flagship events (2)
Other Japan Golf Tour (92)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	13 May 1973	Kanto Pro Championship	−9 (69-68-72-70=279)
2	8 Jul 1973	ANA Sapporo Open	−5 (72-70-74-67=283)	2 strokes	Hsieh Min-Nan
3	5 Aug 1973	Tohoku Classic	−15 (65-68-67-73=273)	3 strokes	Lu Liang-Huan
4	14 Oct 1973	Taiheiyo Club Masters	−6 (71-67-71-69=278)	Playoff	Bert Yancey
5	28 Oct 1973	Tokai Classic	−11 (71-65-69-72=277)	1 stroke	Isao Aoki
6	23 Jun 1974	Tohoku Classic (2)	−8 (71-70-71-68=280)	3 strokes	Haruo Yasuda
7	7 Jul 1974	ANA Sapporo Open (2)	−6 (72-73-71-66=282)	Playoff	Isao Aoki
8	18 Aug 1974	Japan PGA Championship	−14 (67-68-66-73=274)	4 strokes	Isao Aoki
9	8 Sep 1974	Suntory Open	−16 (66-69-66-71=272)	3 strokes	Kosaku Shimada
10	29 Sep 1974	Japan Open Golf Championship	−13 (69-69-68-73=279)	1 stroke	Takashi Murakami
11	17 Nov 1974	Golf Nippon Series	−10 (73-69-70-68=280)	4 strokes	Takashi Murakami
12	8 Jun 1975	Tohoku Classic (3)	−10 (70-69-67-72=278)	1 stroke	Isao Aoki
13	11 Jul 1976	Kanto Open	−6 (69-68-76-69=282)	1 stroke	Takashi Murakami
14	5 Sep 1976	Hiroshima Open	−13 (66-66-68=200)*	1 stroke	Teruo Sugihara
15	19 Sep 1976	Sanpo Classic	−16 (72-63-65-72=272)	1 stroke	Lu Liang-Huan
16	29 May 1977	Pepsi-Wilson Tournament	−14 (69-67-72-66=274)	4 strokes	Kuo Chie-Hsiung
17	24 Jul 1977	Kanto Open (2)	−11 (73-71-67-66=277)	4 strokes	Toshiharu Kawada, Takashi Murakami
18	16 Oct 1977	Tokai Classic (2)	−10 (67-69-70-72=278)	1 stroke	Kosaku Shimada
19	4 Dec 1977	Golf Nippon Series (2)	−15 (74-66-68-67=275)	4 strokes	Isao Aoki
20	21 May 1978	Pepsi-Wilson Tournament (2)	−13 (67-74-65-69=275)	5 strokes	Kosaku Shimada
21	24 Sep 1978	Hiroshima Open (2)	−15 (69-66-67-71=273)	Playoff	Hideyo Sugimoto
22	27 Apr 1980	Dunlop International Open1	−11 (68-70-69-70=277)	5 strokes	Ho Ming-chung, Graham Marsh
23	11 May 1980	Fujisankei Classic	−5 (72-67-71-73=283)	1 stroke	Graham Marsh, Takahiro Takeyasu
24	7 Dec 1980	Golf Nippon Series (3)	−7 (72-72-71-68=283)	2 strokes	Isao Aoki
25	5 Sep 1982	Kanto Open (3)	[phone]=290)	1 stroke	Yutaka Hagawa
26	30 Oct 1983	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	E (72-69-72-75=288)	Playoff	Masahiro Kuramoto
27	28 Oct 1984	Hiroshima Open (3)	−15 (65-67-69-68=269)	3 strokes	Masaji Kusakabe
28	11 May 1986	Fujisankei Classic (2)	−5 (65-72-71-71=279)	1 stroke	David Ishii
29	17 Aug 1986	Nikkei Cup	−20 (68-66-68-66=268)	4 strokes	Ikuo Shirahama
30	24 Aug 1986	Maruman Open	−12 (64-72-70-70=276)	3 strokes	Saburo Fujiki, Naomichi Ozaki
31	28 Sep 1986	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (2)	−9 (69-72-68-70=279)	1 stroke	Masahiro Kuramoto
32	3 May 1987	The Crowns	−12 (69-67-66-66=268)	6 strokes	Isao Aoki, Ian Baker-Finch, Masahiro Kuramoto, Yoshitaka Yamamoto
33	10 May 1987	Fujisankei Classic (3)	−9 (68-72-66-69=275)	2 strokes	Graham Marsh
34	27 Sep 1987	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (3)	−12 (68-69-67=204)*	5 strokes	Namio Takasu
35	24 Apr 1988	Dunlop Open1 (2)	−10 (69-70-69-70=278)	3 strokes	David Ishii
36	14 Aug 1988	Nikkei Cup (2)	−5 (72-71-72-68=283)	4 strokes	Naomichi Ozaki
37	21 Aug 1988	Maruman Open (2)	−6 (73-65-69=207)*	3 strokes	Hajime Meshiai, Yoshimi Niizeki
38	9 Oct 1988	Japan Open Golf Championship (2)	[phone]=288)	1 stroke	Isao Aoki, Tsuneyuki Nakajima
39	16 Oct 1988	Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament	−12 (69-72-69-62=272)	Playoff	Brian Jones
40	23 Oct 1988	Bridgestone Open	−15 (72-64-68-69=273)	2 strokes	Isao Aoki
41	7 May 1989	Fujisankei Classic (4)	−2 (68-68-70-76=282)	2 strokes	Katsunari Takahashi
42	14 May 1989	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup	3 and 2		Hiroshi Makino
43	4 Jun 1989	Sendai Classic (4)	−12 (70-65-71-66=272)	3 strokes	Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Katsunari Takahashi
44	9 Jul 1989	Yonex Open Hiroshima (4)	−18 (69-67-68-66=270)	6 strokes	Seiji Ebihara, Seiichi Kanai, Nobuo Serizawa
45	6 Aug 1989	Japan PGA Championship (2)	−6 (68-68-71-71=278)	1 stroke	Hideki Kase
46	17 Sep 1989	ANA Open (3)	−8 (71-70-68-71=280)	6 strokes	Ian Woosnam
47	8 Oct 1989	Japan Open Golf Championship (3)	−6 (66-68-67-73=274)	3 strokes	Brian Jones
48	6 May 1990	Fujisankei Classic (5)	−5 (67-77-64=208)*	1 stroke	Saburo Fujiki, Masanobu Kimura, Tōru Nakamura, Naomichi Ozaki, Yoshitaka Yamamoto
49	8 Jul 1990	Yonex Open Hiroshima (5)	−10 (69-73-71-65=278)	1 stroke	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
50	19 Aug 1990	Maruman Open (2)	−15 (69-70-66-68=273)	5 strokes	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
51	26 Aug 1990	Daiwa KBC Augusta	−19 (65-66-68-70=269)	10 strokes	Chen Tze-chung
52	18 Aug 1991	Japan PGA Championship (3)	−15 (71-73-68-61=273)	6 strokes	Tsukasa Watanabe
53	29 Sep 1991	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (4)	−11 (69-68-70-70=277)	Playoff	Ryoken Kawagishi
54	26 Apr 1992	Dunlop Open1 (3)	−2 (69-76-72-69=286)	Playoff	Brent Franklin
55	3 May 1992	The Crowns (2)	−10 (68-69-66-67=270)	4 strokes	Brent Franklin, Peter Senior
56	5 Jul 1992	PGA Philanthropy Tournament	−14 (69-64-70-67=270)	3 strokes	Saburo Fujiki
57	20 Sep 1992	ANA Open (4)	−8 (70-69-69-72=280)	4 strokes	Ryoken Kawagishi
58	11 Oct 1992	Japan Open Golf Championship (4)	−11 (64-73-71-69=277)	5 strokes	Brent Franklin, Masahiro Kuramoto
59	15 Nov 1992	Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters (2)	−12 (74-66-66-70=276)	1 stroke	Masahiro Kuramoto, Bernhard Langer, Tsukasa Watanabe
60	9 May 1993	Fujisankei Classic (6)	−14 (67-67-68-68=270)	4 strokes	Todd Hamilton, Tsukasa Watanabe
61	16 May 1993	Japan PGA Championship (4)	−10 (68-73-67-70=278)	1 stroke	Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
62	17 Oct 1993	Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament (2)	−16 (68-67-66-67=268)	2 strokes	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
63	24 Apr 1994	Dunlop Open1 (4)	−14 (67-68-70-69=274)	1 stroke	Hsieh Chin-sheng
64	10 Jul 1994	Yonex Open Hiroshima (6)	−14 (68-74-67-65=274)	3 strokes	Nobuo Serizawa
65	18 Sep 1994	ANA Open (5)	−20 (68-68-63-69=268)	9 strokes	Kiyoshi Murota
66	2 Oct 1994	Japan Open Golf Championship (5)	−18 (68-66-69-67=270)	13 strokes	David Ishii, Hideki Kase
67	6 Nov 1994	Daiwa International	−18 (65-72-70-63=270)	15 strokes	Fuzzy Zoeller
68	13 Nov 1994	Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (3)	−18 (66-69-68-67=270)	5 strokes	Bob Estes
69	20 Nov 1994	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	−15 (67-69-65=201)*	1 stroke	Tom Watson
70	30 Apr 1995	The Crowns (3)	−20 (66-64-63-67=260)	5 strokes	Nobuo Serizawa
71	9 Jul 1995	Yonex Open Hiroshima (7)	−9 (73-68-66=207)*	1 stroke	Satoshi Higashi
72	17 Sep 1995	ANA Open (6)	−9 (70-72-69-68=279)	3 strokes	Ernie Els
73	19 Nov 1995	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (2)	−11 (65-71-69-68=273)	1 stroke	Robert Gamez, Brandt Jobe, Peter Senior
74	3 Dec 1995	Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup (4)	−16 (66-67-71-68=272)	2 strokes	Shigenori Mori, Tsuneyuki Nakajima
75	28 Apr 1996	The Crowns (4)	−12 (64-68-69-67=268)	4 strokes	Katsuyoshi Tomori
76	12 May 1996	Japan PGA Championship (5)	−18 (68-66-67-69=270)	8 strokes	Shigeki Maruyama
77	26 May 1996	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	−9 (72-70-73-64=279)	Playoff	Todd Hamilton
78	2 Jun 1996	JCB Classic Sendai (5)	−7 (69-69-67-72=277)	Playoff	David Ishii
79	25 Aug 1996	Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta (2)	−15 (64-70-70-69=273)	Playoff	Taichi Teshima
80	22 Sep 1996	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (5)	−19 (68-64-65=197)*	6 strokes	Takaaki Fukuzawa
81	17 Nov 1996	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (3)	−7 (68-67-69-73=277)	3 strokes	Naomichi Ozaki, Tom Watson
82	1 Dec 1996	Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup (5)	−26 (62-68-65-67=262)	4 strokes	Shigeki Maruyama
83	16 Mar 1997	Token Corporation Cup	−19 (71-65-61-72=269)	1 stroke	Carlos Franco
84	4 May 1997	The Crowns (5)	−13 (67-67-66-67=267)	2 strokes	Brian Watts
85	1 Jun 1997	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament (2)	−10 (70-70-70-68=278)	2 strokes	Satoshi Higashi, Kōki Idoki, Tōru Nakamura
86	31 Aug 1997	Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta (3)	−22 (65-67-67-67=266)	12 strokes	Takaaki Fukuzawa, Taichi Teshima
87	26 Oct 1997	Bridgestone Open (2)	−15 (66-70-71-66=273)	1 stroke	Shigeki Maruyama, Tateo Ozaki
88	12 Jul 1998	Yonex Open Hiroshima (8)	−18 (68-70-66-66=270)	1 stroke	Peter McWhinney
89	30 Aug 1998	Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta (4)	−13 (66-72-65-72=275)	4 strokes	Katsunori Kuwabara
90	1 Nov 1998	Philip Morris Championship	−13 (75-68-68-64=275)	1 stroke	Mitsuo Harada, Carlos Franco
91	14 Mar 1999	Token Corporation Cup (2)	−15 (72-65-69-67=273)	1 stroke	Toru Taniguchi
92	11 Jul 1999	Yonex Open Hiroshima (9)	−15 (73-69-67-64=273)	Playoff	Shigemasa Higaki
93	6 Aug 2000	Sun Chlorella Classic	−12 (74-68-66-68=276)	Playoff	Shoichi Yamamoto
94	22 Sep 2002	ANA Open (7)	−17 (67-66-69-69=271)	1 stroke	Hiroyuki Fujita

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
¹Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (12–9)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1973	Taiheiyo Club Masters	Bert Yancey	Won three-hole aggregate playoff; Ozaki: −1 (3-3-4=10), Yancey: +2 (4-5-4=13)
2	1974	ANA Sapporo Open	Isao Aoki	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1978	Hiroshima Open	Hideyo Sugimoto	Won with par on second extra hole
4	1979	Yomiuri Open	Teruo Sugihara	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
5	1980	Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters	Norio Suzuki	Lost after concession on first extra hole
6	1983	Acom Doubles (with Hajime Meshiai)	Lu Hsi-chuen and Lu Liang-Huan	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
7	1983	Kanto Open	Kikuo Arai, Saburo Fujiki	Fujiki won with par on third extra hole Arai eliminated by par on first hole
8	1983	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Masahiro Kuramoto	Won with par on first extra hole
9	1988	Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament	Brian Jones	Won with birdie on first extra hole
10	1991	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Ryoken Kawagishi	Won with par on first extra hole
11	1992	Dunlop Open	Brent Franklin	Won with birdie on first extra hole
12	1992	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Chen Tze-chung	Lost to par on third extra hole
13	1996	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Todd Hamilton	Won with par on first extra hole
14	1996	JCB Classic Sendai	David Ishii	Won with par on first extra hole
15	1996	Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta	Taichi Teshima	Won with par on second extra hole
16	1998	Japan PGA Championship	Brandt Jobe	Lost to par on first extra hole
17	1998	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Katsumasa Miyamoto	Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
18	1999	Yonex Open Hiroshima	Shigemasa Higaki	Won with birdie on first extra hole
19	2000	Sun Chlorella Classic	Shoichi Yamamoto	Won with birdie on first extra hole
20	2001	Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima	Keiichiro Fukabori	Lost to par on first extra hole
21	2003	Acom International	Masahiro Kuramoto, Katsumasa Miyamoto	Kuramoto won with birdie on first extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 Apr 1980	Dunlop International Open1	−11 (68-70-69-70=277)	5 strokes	Ho Ming-chung, Graham Marsh
2	24 Apr 1988	Dunlop Open1 (2)	−10 (69-70-69-70=278)	3 strokes	David Ishii
3	26 Apr 1992	Dunlop Open1 (3)	−2 (69-76-72-69=286)	Playoff	Brent Franklin
4	24 Apr 1994	Dunlop Open1 (4)	−14 (67-68-70-69=274)	1 stroke	Hsieh Chin-sheng

¹Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1973	Sobu International Open	Shigeru Uchida	Lost to eagle on third extra hole
2	1992	Dunlop Open	Brent Franklin	Won with birdie on first extra hole

New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	8 Jan 1972	New Zealand PGA Championship	−15 (68-65-69-67=269)	7 strokes	Bob Charles, Takashi Murakami

Other Japan wins (18)

• 1971 (5) Japan PGA Championship, Nippon Series, Golf Digest Tournament, Miki Gold Cup (tie with Billy Casper), Setouchi Series Hiroshima leg
• 1972 (9) Wizard Tournament, Sapporo Open, Kanto Open, 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)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	11 Feb 1990	Nissan Super Skins	$370,000	$110,000	Greg Norman

Results in major championships

Tournament	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	CUT	T8	CUT	T43	T33		CUT	CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship							T14	T10
PGA Championship

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament								CUT		T18
U.S. Open								T17	CUT	T6
The Open Championship	T60	T35						T11		T30
PGA Championship		CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Masters Tournament	23	T35		T45	CUT	T29	CUT	42	CUT	CUT	T28
U.S. Open	T24	CUT	T23	T33	T28	T28	T67	CUT	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT		CUT		T38	CUT
PGA Championship	T69				T47	T49	CUT		CUT		78

  Top 10

  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	1	3	19	10
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	1	4	13	8
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	7
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Totals	0	0	0	0	3	10	49	29

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
The Players Championship	T45	CUT	T27		WD	82	T29	T29	T50	CUT

  Did not play

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
• Presidents Cup (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