# 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. 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.

## 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. 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. 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)
| 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 Open$^1$ | −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) | +2 (73-72-73-72=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 Open$^1$ (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) | +4 (67-73-75-73=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 | 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 Open$^1$ (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 Open$^1$ (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. $^1$Co-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 Open$^1$ | −11 (68-70-69-70=277) | 5 strokes | Ho Ming-chung, Graham Marsh |
| 2 | 24 Apr 1988 | Dunlop Open$^1$ (2) | −10 (69-70-69-70=278) | 3 strokes | David Ishii |
| 3 | 26 Apr 1992 | Dunlop Open$^1$ (3) | −2 (69-76-72-69=286) | Playoff | Brent Franklin |
| 4 | 24 Apr 1994 | Dunlop Open$^1$ (4) | −14 (67-68-70-69=274) | 1 stroke | Hsieh Chin-sheng |
$^1$Co-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 | 1978 | 1979 |
| Masters Tournament | CUT | T8 | CUT | T43 | T33 | CUT | CUT |
| U.S. Open | | | | | | | |
| The Open Championship | | | | | | T14 | T10 |
| PGA Championship | | | | | | | |
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 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 |
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 |
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