Masashi Ozaki 尾崎 将司 | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Nickname | Jumbo | ||||
Born | Kaifu District, Tokushima, Japan | 24 January 1947||||
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 | |||||
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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]