This article is about the American golfer. For the Irish politician, see James Colbert. For the American physician, see James William Colbert Jr.
Jim Colbert
Personal information
Full name
James Joseph Colbert
Born
(1941-03-09) March 9, 1941 (age 83) Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight
175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality
United States
Residence
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.[1]
Career
College
Kansas State University
Turned professional
1965
Current tour(s)
Champions Tour
Former tour(s)
PGA Tour
Professional wins
35
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour
8
PGA Tour Champions
20 (Tied-10th all-time)
Other
6 (regular) 1 (senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament
T4: 1974
PGA Championship
T12: 1973
U.S. Open
T3: 1971
The Open Championship
CUT: 1984
Achievements and awards
Senior PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
1991
Senior PGA Tour money list winner
1995, 1996
Senior PGA Tour Player of the Year
1995, 1996
Senior PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year
1998
James Joseph Colbert (born March 9, 1941) is an American professional golfer.
Colbert was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.[1] He attended Kansas State University,[1] 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 Pahrump, Nevada.[2] He also helped design a golf course in Manhattan, Kansas, named Colbert Hills, which was ranked by Golfweek as the best public course in Kansas,[3] and by Golf Digest as the eighth-best course overall in the state.[4]
Colbert was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.
^ abcd"PGA Tour profile". Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
^"Colbert Golf". Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
^"Golfweek's Best: State by State Public-access Courses". Golfweek. Archived from the original on February 10, 2007.
^"Kansas: Best In State Rankings". Golf Digest. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
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