Masashi Ozaki

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. 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, more than 40 more than the second highest player. Ozaki was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011.

Biography
Ozaki was born in Kaifu District, Tokushima. He was a professional baseball pitcher/outfielder from 1965 to 1967 with the Nishitetsu Lions, but 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 1973–74, 1977, 1988–90, 1992, and 1994–98.  Ozaki finished 8th at The Masters in 1973 and finished 6th at the U.S. Open in 1989. 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. Ozaki played on the International Team in the 1996 Presidents Cup. Ozaki built "AON Age" with his rivals Isao Aoki and Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima. Ozaki's brothers Tateo "Jet" and Naomichi "Joe" are also professional golfers and, like Masashi, have been extremely successful on the Japan Golf Tour with dozens of wins between them. Now in his sixties, he still plays regularly on the Japan Golf Tour.

Professional wins (114)

Japan Golf Tour wins (94)
1973 (5) Tohoku Classic, Kanto Pro Championship, ANA Sapporo Open, Tokai Classic, Taiheiyo Club Masters
1974 (6) Tohoku Classic, Japan PGA Championship, Suntory Open, ANA Sapporo Open, Japan Open Golf Championship, Nippon Series
1975 (1) Tohoku Classic
1976 (3) Kanto Open, Hiroshima Open, Sanpo Classic
1977 (4) Pepsi-Wilson Tournament, Kanto Open, Tokai Classic, Nippon Series
1978 (2) Pepsi-Wilson Tournament, Hiroshima Open
1980 (3) Dunlop International Open, Fujisankei Classic, Nippon Series
1982 (1) Kanto Open
1983 (1) Jun Classic
1984 (1) Hiroshima Open
1986 (4) Fujisankei Classic, Nikkei Cup, Maruman Open, Jun Classic
1987 (3) The Crowns, Fujisankei Classic, Jun Classic
1988 (6) Dunlop Open, Nikkei Cup, Maruman Open, Japan Open Golf Championship, Golf Digest Tournament, Bridgestone Open
1989 (7) Fujisankei Classic, Japan PGA Championship, Sendai Classic, Yonex Open Hiroshima, Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup, ANA Open, Japan Open Golf Championship
1990 (4) Fujisankei Classic, Yonex Open Hiroshima, Maruman Open, Daiwa KBC Augusta
1991 (2) Japan PGA Championship, Jun Classic
1992 (6) Dunlop Open, The Crowns, PGA Philanthropy Tournament, ANA Open, Japan Open Golf Championship, Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters
1993 (3) Fujisankei Classic, Japan PGA Championship, Golf Digest Tournament
1994 (7) Dunlop Open, Yonex Open Hiroshima, ANA Open, Japan Open Golf Championship, Daiwa International, Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters, Phoenix Tournament
1995 (5) The Crowns, Yonex Open Hiroshima, ANA Open, Dunlop Phoenix Tournament, Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup
1996 (8) The Crowns, Japan PGA Championship, Mitsubishi Galant Tournament, JCB Classic Sendai, Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta, Gene Sarazen Jun Classic, Dunlop Phoenix Tournament, Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup
1997 (5) Token Corporation Cup, The Crowns, Mitsubishi Galant Tournament, Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta, Bridgestone Open
1998 (3) Yonex Open Hiroshima, Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta, Philip Morris Championship
1999 (2) Token Corporation Cup, Yonex Open Hiroshima
2000 (1) Sun Chlorella Classic
2002 (1) ANA Open

Japanese circuit wins (14) 

 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, First Flight, Chiba Open, Asahi International

Australian Tour win (1) 

 1972 New Zealand PGA Championship

Other wins (5)

1976 Chiba Open
1984 Kanagawa Open
1985 Kanagawa Open
1990 Nissan Super Skins (Australia)
1992 Sanko Grand Summer Tournament

Results in major championships

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

Summary

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

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

References

External links
 

Category:Japanese male golfers
Category:Japan Golf Tour golfers
Category:World Golf Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Japanese baseball players
Category:Nishitetsu Lions players
Category:Baseball people from Tokushima Prefecture
Category:1947 births
Category:Living people