- Jim Colbert
James Joseph Colbert (born
March 9 ,1941 ) is an American professionalgolf er.Colbert was born in
Elizabeth, New Jersey . He attendedKansas State University , where he finished second in theNCAA golf championships in 1964, before graduating and turning professional in 1965.Colbert won eight times on the
PGA Tour , including twice in 1983 when he finished a career best fifteenth on the money list. As a senior Colbert has won 20 tournaments on theChampions Tour , including a senior major championship, the 1993Senior Players Championship .Colbert has worked as a golf analyst for
ESPN and has his own golf course management company based in Las Vegas. He also helped design a golf course inManhattan, Kansas , namedColbert Hills , which is ranked by "Golfweek" as the best public course inKansas , and by "Golf Digest " as the sixth-best course overall in the state. [ [http://www.golfweek.com/americasbest/statebystate.php [var html_title ] ] [http://www.golfdigest.com/courses/state/index.ssf?/courses/state/2007kansas.html] Colbert Hills is also home to theEarl Woods National Youth Golf Academy.Colbert was inducted into the
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.PGA Tour wins (8)
*1969 (1)
Monsanto Open Invitational
*1972 (1)Greater Milwaukee Open
*1973 (1)Greater Jacksonville Open
*1974 (1)American Golf Classic
*1975 (1)Walt Disney World National Team Championship (withDean Refram )
*1980 (1)Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open
*1983 (2)Colonial National Invitation ,Texas Open Champions Tour wins (20)
*1991 (3)
Southwestern Bell Classic , Vantage Championship,First Development Kaanapali Classic
*1992 (2)GTE Suncoast Classic , Vantage Championship
*1993 (2)Royal Caribbean Classic ,Senior Players Championship
*1994 (2)Kroger Senior Classic ,Southwestern Bell Classic
*1995 (4)Senior Tournament of Champions ,Las Vegas Senior Classic ,Bell Atlantic Classic ,Energizer Senior Tour Championship
*1996 (5)Toshiba Senior Classic ,Las Vegas Senior Classic ,Nationwide Championship , Vantage Championship,Raley's Gold Rush Classic
*1998 (1)The Transamerica
*2001 (1)SBC Senior Classic Senior major championship is shown in bold.
Other senior wins
*2000
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (withAndy North )
*2001Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (withAndy North )ee also
*
Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
*Golfers with most Champions Tour wins References
External links
* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/12/05/ Profile on the PGA Tour's official site]
* [http://www.kshof.org/hof-profiles.cfm?record_id=81 Kansas Sports Hall of Fame profile]
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