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Masashi Ozaki

Japanese professional golfer (1947–2025)


Summary

Japanese professional golfer (1947–2025)

FieldValue
nameMasashi Ozaki
尾崎 将司
imagesize
nicknameJumbo
birth_date
birth_placeKaifu District, Tokushima, Japan
death_date
death_placeJapan
height
weight90 kg
nationality
yearpro1970
extourJapan Golf Tour
prowins114
japwins94 (1st all-time)
otherwins20
majorwins
mastersT8: 1973
usopenT6: 1989
openT10: 1979
pgaT47: 1994
wghofidmasashi-jumbo-ozaki
wghofyear2011
award1PGA of Japan Tour
money list winner
year11973, 1974, 1977,
1988, 1989, 1990,
1992, 1994, 1995,
1996, 1997, 1998
awardssection

尾崎 将司 money list winner](japan-golf-tour-money-list-winners) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Masashi Ozaki was 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, 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, on 24 January 1947.

He was a professional baseball pitcher/outfielder from 1965 to 1967 with the Nishitetsu Lions. 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. 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 and death

Ozaki's brothers Tateo "Jet" Ozaki and Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki were also professional golfers, both having played and won on the Japan Golf Tour.

Ozaki died of colorectal cancer on 23 December 2025, at the age of 78.

Awards and honors

  • Ozaki 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)

Legend
Flagship events (2)
Other Japan Golf Tour (92)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victoryRunner(s)-up
113 May 1973Kanto Pro Championship−9 (69-68-72-70=279)
28 Jul 1973ANA Sapporo Open−5 (72-70-74-67=283)2 strokesTWN Hsieh Min-Nan
35 Aug 1973Tohoku Classic−15 (65-68-67-73=273)3 strokesTWN Lu Liang-Huan
414 Oct 1973Taiheiyo Club Masters−6 (71-67-71-69=278)PlayoffUSA Bert Yancey
528 Oct 1973Tokai Classic−11 (71-65-69-72=277)1 strokeJPN Isao Aoki
623 Jun 1974Tohoku Classic (2)−8 (71-70-71-68=280)3 strokesJPN Haruo Yasuda
77 Jul 1974ANA Sapporo Open (2)−6 (72-73-71-66=282)PlayoffJPN Isao Aoki
818 Aug 1974Japan PGA Championship−14 (67-68-66-73=274)4 strokesJPN Isao Aoki
98 Sep 1974Suntory Open−16 (66-69-66-71=272)3 strokesJPN Kosaku Shimada
1029 Sep 1974Japan Open Golf Championship−13 (69-69-68-73=279)1 strokeJPN Takashi Murakami
1117 Nov 1974Golf Nippon Series−10 (73-69-70-68=280)4 strokesJPN Takashi Murakami
128 Jun 1975Tohoku Classic (3)−10 (70-69-67-72=278)1 strokeJPN Isao Aoki
1311 Jul 1976Kanto Open−6 (69-68-76-69=282)1 strokeJPN Takashi Murakami
145 Sep 1976Hiroshima Open−13 (66-66-68=200)*1 strokeJPN Teruo Sugihara
1519 Sep 1976Sanpo Classic−16 (72-63-65-72=272)1 strokeTWN Lu Liang-Huan
1629 May 1977Pepsi-Wilson Tournament−14 (69-67-72-66=274)4 strokesTWN Kuo Chie-Hsiung
1724 Jul 1977Kanto Open (2)−11 (73-71-67-66=277)4 strokesJPN Toshiharu Kawada, JPN Takashi Murakami
1816 Oct 1977Tokai Classic (2)−10 (67-69-70-72=278)1 strokeJPN Kosaku Shimada
194 Dec 1977Golf Nippon Series (2)−15 (74-66-68-67=275)4 strokesJPN Isao Aoki
2021 May 1978Pepsi-Wilson Tournament (2)−13 (67-74-65-69=275)5 strokesJPN Kosaku Shimada
2124 Sep 1978Hiroshima Open (2)−15 (69-66-67-71=273)PlayoffJPN Hideyo Sugimoto
2227 Apr 1980Dunlop International Open1−11 (68-70-69-70=277)5 strokesTWN Ho Ming-chung, AUS Graham Marsh
2311 May 1980Fujisankei Classic−5 (72-67-71-73=283)1 strokeAUS Graham Marsh, JPN Takahiro Takeyasu
247 Dec 1980Golf Nippon Series (3)−7 (72-72-71-68=283)2 strokesJPN Isao Aoki
255 Sep 1982Kanto Open (3)+2 (73-72-73-72=290)1 strokeJPN Yutaka Hagawa
2630 Oct 1983Gene Sarazen Jun ClassicE (72-69-72-75=288)PlayoffJPN Masahiro Kuramoto
2728 Oct 1984Hiroshima Open (3)−15 (65-67-69-68=269)3 strokesJPN Masaji Kusakabe
2811 May 1986Fujisankei Classic (2)−5 (65-72-71-71=279)1 strokeUSA David Ishii
2917 Aug 1986Nikkei Cup−20 (68-66-68-66=268)4 strokesJPN Ikuo Shirahama
3024 Aug 1986Maruman Open−12 (64-72-70-70=276)3 strokesJPN Saburo Fujiki, JPN Naomichi Ozaki
3128 Sep 1986Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (2)−9 (69-72-68-70=279)1 strokeJPN Masahiro Kuramoto
323 May 1987The Crowns−12 (69-67-66-66=268)6 strokesJPN Isao Aoki, AUS Ian Baker-Finch,
JPN Masahiro Kuramoto, JPN Yoshitaka Yamamoto
3310 May 1987Fujisankei Classic (3)−9 (68-72-66-69=275)2 strokesAUS Graham Marsh
3427 Sep 1987Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (3)−12 (68-69-67=204)*5 strokesJPN Namio Takasu
3524 Apr 1988Dunlop Open1 (2)−10 (69-70-69-70=278)3 strokesUSA David Ishii
3614 Aug 1988Nikkei Cup (2)−5 (72-71-72-68=283)4 strokesJPN Naomichi Ozaki
3721 Aug 1988Maruman Open (2)−6 (73-65-69=207)*3 strokesJPN Hajime Meshiai, JPN Yoshimi Niizeki
389 Oct 1988Japan Open Golf Championship (2)+4 (67-73-75-73=288)1 strokeJPN Isao Aoki, JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima
3916 Oct 1988Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament−12 (69-72-69-62=272)PlayoffAUS Brian Jones
4023 Oct 1988Bridgestone Open−15 (72-64-68-69=273)2 strokesJPN Isao Aoki
417 May 1989Fujisankei Classic (4)−2 (68-68-70-76=282)2 strokesJPN Katsunari Takahashi
4214 May 1989Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup3 and 2JPN Hiroshi Makino
434 Jun 1989Sendai Classic (4)−12 (70-65-71-66=272)3 strokesJPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima, JPN Katsunari Takahashi
449 Jul 1989Yonex Open Hiroshima (4)−18 (69-67-68-66=270)6 strokesJPN Seiji Ebihara, JPN Seiichi Kanai,
JPN Nobuo Serizawa
456 Aug 1989Japan PGA Championship (2)−6 (68-68-71-71=278)1 strokeJPN Hideki Kase
4617 Sep 1989ANA Open (3)−8 (71-70-68-71=280)6 strokesWAL Ian Woosnam
478 Oct 1989Japan Open Golf Championship (3)−6 (66-68-67-73=274)3 strokesAUS Brian Jones
486 May 1990Fujisankei Classic (5)−5 (67-77-64=208)*1 strokeJPN Saburo Fujiki, JPN Masanobu Kimura,
JPN Tōru Nakamura, JPN Naomichi Ozaki,
JPN Yoshitaka Yamamoto
498 Jul 1990Yonex Open Hiroshima (5)−10 (69-73-71-65=278)1 strokeJPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima
5019 Aug 1990Maruman Open (2)−15 (69-70-66-68=273)5 strokesJPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima
5126 Aug 1990Daiwa KBC Augusta−19 (65-66-68-70=269)10 strokesTWN Chen Tze-chung
5218 Aug 1991Japan PGA Championship (3)−15 (71-73-68-61=273)6 strokesJPN Tsukasa Watanabe
5329 Sep 1991Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (4)−11 (69-68-70-70=277)PlayoffJPN Ryoken Kawagishi
5426 Apr 1992Dunlop Open1 (3)−2 (69-76-72-69=286)PlayoffCAN Brent Franklin
553 May 1992The Crowns (2)−10 (68-69-66-67=270)4 strokesCAN Brent Franklin, AUS Peter Senior
565 Jul 1992PGA Philanthropy Tournament−14 (69-64-70-67=270)3 strokesJPN Saburo Fujiki
5720 Sep 1992ANA Open (4)−8 (70-69-69-72=280)4 strokesJPN Ryoken Kawagishi
5811 Oct 1992Japan Open Golf Championship (4)−11 (64-73-71-69=277)5 strokesCAN Brent Franklin, JPN Masahiro Kuramoto
5915 Nov 1992Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters (2)−12 (74-66-66-70=276)1 strokeJPN Masahiro Kuramoto, GER Bernhard Langer,
JPN Tsukasa Watanabe
609 May 1993Fujisankei Classic (6)−14 (67-67-68-68=270)4 strokesUSA Todd Hamilton, JPN Tsukasa Watanabe
6116 May 1993Japan PGA Championship (4)−10 (68-73-67-70=278)1 strokeJPN Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
6217 Oct 1993Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament (2)−16 (68-67-66-67=268)2 strokesJPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima
6324 Apr 1994Dunlop Open1 (4)−14 (67-68-70-69=274)1 strokeTWN Hsieh Chin-sheng
6410 Jul 1994Yonex Open Hiroshima (6)−14 (68-74-67-65=274)3 strokesJPN Nobuo Serizawa
6518 Sep 1994ANA Open (5)−20 (68-68-63-69=268)9 strokesJPN Kiyoshi Murota
662 Oct 1994Japan Open Golf Championship (5)−18 (68-66-69-67=270)13 strokesUSA David Ishii, JPN Hideki Kase
676 Nov 1994Daiwa International−18 (65-72-70-63=270)15 strokesUSA Fuzzy Zoeller
6813 Nov 1994Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (3)−18 (66-69-68-67=270)5 strokesUSA Bob Estes
6920 Nov 1994Dunlop Phoenix Tournament−15 (67-69-65=201)*1 strokeUSA Tom Watson
7030 Apr 1995The Crowns (3)−20 (66-64-63-67=260)5 strokesJPN Nobuo Serizawa
719 Jul 1995Yonex Open Hiroshima (7)−9 (73-68-66=207)*1 strokeJPN Satoshi Higashi
7217 Sep 1995ANA Open (6)−9 (70-72-69-68=279)3 strokesZAF Ernie Els
7319 Nov 1995Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (2)−11 (65-71-69-68=273)1 strokeUSA Robert Gamez, USA Brandt Jobe,
AUS Peter Senior
743 Dec 1995Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup (4)−16 (66-67-71-68=272)2 strokesJPN Shigenori Mori, JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima
7528 Apr 1996The Crowns (4)−12 (64-68-69-67=268)4 strokesJPN Katsuyoshi Tomori
7612 May 1996Japan PGA Championship (5)−18 (68-66-67-69=270)8 strokesJPN Shigeki Maruyama
7726 May 1996Mitsubishi Galant Tournament−9 (72-70-73-64=279)PlayoffUSA Todd Hamilton
782 Jun 1996JCB Classic Sendai (5)−7 (69-69-67-72=277)PlayoffUSA David Ishii
7925 Aug 1996Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta (2)−15 (64-70-70-69=273)PlayoffJPN Taichi Teshima
8022 Sep 1996Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (5)−19 (68-64-65=197)*6 strokesJPN Takaaki Fukuzawa
8117 Nov 1996Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (3)−7 (68-67-69-73=277)3 strokesJPN Naomichi Ozaki, USA Tom Watson
821 Dec 1996Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup (5)−26 (62-68-65-67=262)4 strokesJPN Shigeki Maruyama
8316 Mar 1997Token Corporation Cup−19 (71-65-61-72=269)1 strokePAR Carlos Franco
844 May 1997The Crowns (5)−13 (67-67-66-67=267)2 strokesUSA Brian Watts
851 Jun 1997Mitsubishi Galant Tournament (2)−10 (70-70-70-68=278)2 strokesJPN Satoshi Higashi, JPN Kōki Idoki,
JPN Tōru Nakamura
8631 Aug 1997Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta (3)−22 (65-67-67-67=266)12 strokesJPN Takaaki Fukuzawa, JPN Taichi Teshima
8726 Oct 1997Bridgestone Open (2)−15 (66-70-71-66=273)1 strokeJPN Shigeki Maruyama, JPN Tateo Ozaki
8812 Jul 1998Yonex Open Hiroshima (8)−18 (68-70-66-66=270)1 strokeAUS Peter McWhinney
8930 Aug 1998Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta (4)−13 (66-72-65-72=275)4 strokesJPN Katsunori Kuwabara
901 Nov 1998Philip Morris Championship−13 (75-68-68-64=275)1 strokeJPN Mitsuo Harada, PAR Carlos Franco
9114 Mar 1999Token Corporation Cup (2)−15 (72-65-69-67=273)1 strokeJPN Toru Taniguchi
9211 Jul 1999Yonex Open Hiroshima (9)−15 (73-69-67-64=273)PlayoffJPN Shigemasa Higaki
936 Aug 2000Sun Chlorella Classic−12 (74-68-66-68=276)PlayoffJPN Shoichi Yamamoto
9422 Sep 2002ANA Open (7)−17 (67-66-69-69=271)1 strokeJPN 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.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
11973Taiheiyo Club MastersUSA Bert YanceyWon three-hole aggregate playoff;
Ozaki: −1 (3-3-4=10),
Yancey: +2 (4-5-4=13)
21974ANA Sapporo OpenJPN Isao AokiWon with birdie on first extra hole
31978Hiroshima OpenJPN Hideyo SugimotoWon with par on second extra hole
41979Yomiuri OpenJPN Teruo SugiharaLost to birdie on second extra hole
51980Toshiba Taiheiyo MastersJPN Norio SuzukiLost after concession on first extra hole
61983Acom Doubles
(with JPN Hajime Meshiai)TWN Lu Hsi-chuen and TWN Lu Liang-HuanLost to birdie on third extra hole
71983Kanto OpenJPN Kikuo Arai, JPN Saburo FujikiFujiki won with par on third extra hole
Arai eliminated by par on first hole
81983Gene Sarazen Jun ClassicJPN Masahiro KuramotoWon with par on first extra hole
91988Polaroid Cup Golf Digest TournamentAUS Brian JonesWon with birdie on first extra hole
101991Gene Sarazen Jun ClassicJPN Ryoken KawagishiWon with par on first extra hole
111992Dunlop OpenCAN Brent FranklinWon with birdie on first extra hole
121992Gene Sarazen Jun ClassicTWN Chen Tze-chungLost to par on third extra hole
131996Mitsubishi Galant TournamentUSA Todd HamiltonWon with par on first extra hole
141996JCB Classic SendaiUSA David IshiiWon with par on first extra hole
151996Hisamitsu-KBC AugustaJPN Taichi TeshimaWon with par on second extra hole
161998Japan PGA ChampionshipUSA Brandt JobeLost to par on first extra hole
171998Golf Nippon Series JT CupJPN Katsumasa MiyamotoLost to birdie on fourth extra hole
181999Yonex Open HiroshimaJPN Shigemasa HigakiWon with birdie on first extra hole
192000Sun Chlorella ClassicJPN Shoichi YamamotoWon with birdie on first extra hole
202001Juken Sangyo Open HiroshimaJPN Keiichiro FukaboriLost to par on first extra hole
212003Acom InternationalJPN Masahiro Kuramoto, JPN Katsumasa MiyamotoKuramoto won with birdie on first extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victoryRunner(s)-up
127 Apr 1980Dunlop International Open1−11 (68-70-69-70=277)5 strokesTWN Ho Ming-chung, AUS Graham Marsh
224 Apr 1988Dunlop Open1 (2)−10 (69-70-69-70=278)3 strokesUSA David Ishii
326 Apr 1992Dunlop Open1 (3)−2 (69-76-72-69=286)PlayoffCAN Brent Franklin
424 Apr 1994Dunlop Open1 (4)−14 (67-68-70-69=274)1 strokeTWN Hsieh Chin-sheng

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11973Sobu International OpenJPN Shigeru UchidaLost to eagle on third extra hole
21992Dunlop OpenCAN Brent FranklinWon with birdie on first extra hole

New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victoryRunners-up
18 Jan 1972New Zealand PGA Championship−15 (68-65-69-67=269)7 strokesNZL Bob Charles, JPN 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.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victoryRunner-up
111 Feb 1990Nissan Super Skins$370,000$110,000AUS Greg Norman

Results in major championships

Tournament19721973197419751976197719781979
Masters TournamentCUTT8CUTT43T33CUTCUT
U.S. Open
The Open ChampionshipT14T10
PGA Championship
Tournament1980198119821983198419851986198719881989
Masters TournamentCUTT18
U.S. OpenT17CUTT6
The Open ChampionshipT60T35T11T30
PGA ChampionshipCUT
Tournament19901991199219931994199519961997199819992000
Masters Tournament23T35T45CUTT29CUT42CUTCUTT28
U.S. OpenT24CUTT23T33T28T28T67CUTCUTCUT
The Open ChampionshipCUTCUTT38CUT
PGA ChampionshipT69T47T49CUTCUT78

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts madeTotals00003104929
Masters Tournament0000131910
U.S. Open000014138
The Open Championship000013107
PGA Championship00000074
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament1989199019911992199319941995199619971998
The Players ChampionshipT45CUTT27WD82T29T29T50CUT

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

References

References

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  13. Ferguson, Doug. (23 December 2025). "Jumbo Ozaki dies of cancer at age 78. He had the most wins of any Japanese golfer". Associated Press News.
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