{"id":26581,"date":"2025-12-24T16:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=26581"},"modified":"2025-12-24T16:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:16:50","slug":"golf-icon-masashi-jumbo-ozaki-dies-at-78-after-colon-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=26581","title":{"rendered":"Golf icon Masashi &#8216;Jumbo&#8217; Ozaki dies at 78 after colon cancer battle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese golf icon Masashi &#8216;Jumbo&#8217; Ozaki has died at the age of 78.The World Golf Hall of Famer passed away following a courageous battle with colon cancer, the Japan Golf Tour confirmed on Wednesday.The Tour released a poignant statement describing him as a &#8216;one-of-a-kind figure&#8217; who would remain &#8216;indispensable&#8217; to the history of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;He is an indispensable, one-of-a-kind figure in discussing men&#8217;s golf, both now and in the future,&#8217; the tour shared in a social media tribute.Ozaki&#8217;s dominance was legendary, racking up a staggering 94 wins on the Japan Golf Tour over nearly three decades.He is often credited as the pioneer who transformed golf into a national obsession in Japan, through his raw power and flamboyant style on the course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese golf icon Masashi &#8216;Jumbo&#8217; Ozaki has died at the age of 78.The World Golf Hall of Famer passed away following a courageous battle with colon cancer,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":229,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26583,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26581\/revisions\/26583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}