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World Golf Hall of Famer Masashi ‘Jumbo’ Ozaki of Japan died Tuesday after a battle with colon most cancers. He was 78.
Ozaki gained 114 tournaments around the globe, together with a report 94 on the Japan Golf Tour between 1973 and 2002.
‘He is an indispensable, one-of-a-kind determine in discussing males’s golf, each now and sooner or later,’ the Japan Golf Tour posted on X, translated into English.
He by no means gained a significant however completed within the prime 10 on the Masters (T8 in 1973), The Open Championship (T10 in 1979) and the U.S. Open (T6 in 1989). His 49 appearances in Grand Slam tournaments included 19 journeys to the Masters, between 1972 and 2000.
Ozaki climbed as excessive as No. 5 on the earth rankings in 1996 and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011.
–Field Level Media