Masashi_Ozaki

Masashi Ozaki

Masashi Ozaki

Japanese professional golfer


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]

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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 1973–74, 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.[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 Ozaki and Naomichi Ozaki are also successful touring professional golfers.

Professional wins (114)

Japan Golf Tour wins (94)

Legend
Flagship events (2)
Other Japan Golf Tour (92)
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1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (12–9)

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Asia Golf Circuit wins (4)

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1Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–1)

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New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (1)

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Other Japan wins (18)

Other wins (1)

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Results in major championships

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Summary

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

Results in The Players Championship

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Team appearances

This list may be incomplete.

See also


References

  1. "Week 35 1996 Ending 1 Sep 1996" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. "Ozaki joins 2011 class of World Golf Hall of Fame". PGA Tour. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor, ed. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 417–418. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.

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