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Full name
  
James Joseph Colbert

Professional wins
  
35

Weight
  
79 kg

Nationality
  
United States

Name
  
Jim Colbert


Turned professional
  
1965

Role
  
Golfer

Current tours
  
Champions Tour

Former tour(s)
  
PGA Tour

Height
  
1.75 m

PGA tour wins
  
8

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Born
  
March 9, 1941 (age 83) Elizabeth, New Jersey (
1941-03-09
)

College
  
Kansas State University

Residence
  
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Education
  
Kansas State University

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

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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.

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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.

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Colbert has worked as a golf analyst for ESPN and has his own golf course management company based in Pahrump, Nevada. 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, and by Golf Digest as the eighth-best course overall in the state.

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Colbert was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.

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PGA Tour wins (8)

PGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

Other wins (1)

  • 1987 Jerry Ford Invitational
  • Champions Tour wins (20)

    Champions Tour playoff record (3–5)

    Senior major championship is shown in bold.

    Other senior wins (6)

  • 1995 Diners Club Matches (with Bob Murphy)
  • 1996 Diners Club Matches (with Bob Murphy)
  • 2000 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Andy North)
  • 2001 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Andy North)
  • 2013 Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf - Demaret Division (with Bob Murphy)
  • 2014 Big Cedar Lodge Legends of Golf - Legends Division (with Jim Thorpe)
  • Results in major championships

    DNP = Did not play
    WD = Withdrew
    CUT = missed the half-way cut
    "T" indicates a tie for a place
    Yellow background for top-10

    Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (1978 PGA – 1982 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1974 Masters – 1974 U.S. Open)
  • U.S. national team appearances

    Professional

  • Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing Senior PGA Tour): 1996
  • Gillette Tour Challenge Championship: 1997 (winners with Nick Price and Kelly Robbins)
  • References

    Jim Colbert Wikipedia