Jim Colbert

Jim Colbert

James Joseph Colbert (born March 9, 1941) is an American professional golfer.

Colbert was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the NCAA 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 the Champions Tour, including a senior major championship, the 1993 Senior 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 in Manhattan, Kansas, named Colbert Hills, which is ranked by "Golfweek" as the best public course in Kansas, 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 the Earl 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 (with Dean 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 (with Andy North)
*2001 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Andy 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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