Jim Colbert
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 Statue of Colbert at Colbert Hills |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | James Joseph Colbert |
| Born | March 9, 1941 Elizabeth, New Jersey |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Career | |
| College | Kansas State University |
| Turned professional | 1965 |
| Current tour(s) | Champions Tour |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 33 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 8 |
| Champions Tour | 20 |
| Other | 5 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T4: 1974 |
| U.S. Open | T3: 1971 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1984 |
| PGA Championship | T12: 1973 |
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, Nevada. 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,[1] and by Golf Digest as the sixth-best course overall in the state.[2]
Colbert was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.
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[edit] Professional wins (33)
[edit] 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
[edit] 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, Ford 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.
[edit] Other senior wins (5)
- 1995 Diners Club Matches (with Bob Murphy)
- 1996 Diners Club Matches (with Bob Murphy)
- 1997 Gillette Tour Challenge Championship (with Nick Price and Kelly Robbins)
- 2000 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Andy North)
- 2001 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Andy North)
[edit] Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT | DNP | CUT |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | WD |
| Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | CUT | T43 | T4 | CUT | T12 | T14 | T32 | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT | T3 | T63 | 10 | T5 | CUT | T55 | DNP | CUT | T41 |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | CUT | T46 | CUT | T12 | T28 | T28 | T57 | DNP | 69 | T46 |
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
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| Masters Tournament | T14 | T25 | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T47 | T26 | DNP | WD | T38 | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T30 | T56 | T16 | T36 | T25 | CUT | CUT | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10
[edit] Champions Tour major championships
[edit] Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | Winning Score | Margin | Runner-up |
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| 1993 | Ford Senior Players Championship | −10 (67−72−70−69=278) | 1 stroke | Raymond Floyd |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Jim Colbert at the PGA Tour official site
- Kansas Sports Hall of Fame profile
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