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Jim Colbert
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31
on 2001 SENIOR TOUR Money List
FULL NAME: James Joseph Colbert
HEIGHT: 5- 9
WEIGHT: 175
BIRTHDATE: March 9, 1941
BIRTHPLACE: Elizabeth, NJ
RESIDENCE: Las Vegas, NV
FAMILY: Wife, Marcia; Debbie (9/25/59); Christy
(11/24/61); Kelly (7/19/65); six grandchildren
EDUCATION: Kansas State (1964, Political Science)
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1965
JOINED TOUR: 1991
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| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (8) 1969 Monsanto Open Invitational. 1972 Greater Milwaukee
Open. 1973 Greater Jacksonville Open. 1974 American Golf
Classic. 1975 Walt Disney World National Team Champion.
1980 Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open. 1983 Colonial National
Invitation Tournament, Texas Open. |
| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (20) 1991 Southwestern Bell Classic, Vantage Championship,
First Development Kaanapali Classic. 1992 GTE Suncoast
Classic, Vantage Championship. 1993 Royal Caribbean Classic,
FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship. 1994 Kroger Senior Classic,
Southwestern Bell Classic. 1995 Senior Tournament of Champions,
Las Vegas Senior Classic, Bell Atlantic Classic, Energizer
SENIOR TOUR Championship. 1996 Toshiba Senior Classic,
Las Vegas Senior Classic, Nationwide Championship, Vantage
Championship, Raley's Gold Rush Classic. 1998 The Transamerica.
2001 SBC Senior Classic. |
| International Victories |
| (4): 1995 and 1996 Diners Club Matches [with Bob Murphy].
1998 Lexus Challenge [with Kevin Costner]. 2000 Liberty
Mutual Legends of Golf [with Andy North]. |
| Other Victories |
| 1987 Jerry Ford Invitational. |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $99,734 (47) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| T16--MasterCard Championship; T23--Verizon Classic;
T24--Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 67 at Round 1, MasterCard Championship |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| 1--SBC Senior Classic; T2--Mexico Senior Classic; T3--The
Home Depot Invitational; T4--U.S. Senior Open; T5--Siebel
Classic in Silicon Valley; T8--The Transamerica; T9--Gold
Rush Classic; T10--NFL Golf Classic |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--29; in money--29; Top-10 finishes--8 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Was the oldest winner on the SENIOR TOUR last year,
finishing among the top 31 money-winners for an 11th straight
year, the only Super Senior among that select group...Ended
more than a two-year victory drought two days after turning
60 when he held off Jose Maria Canizares by one stroke
at Valencia CC for the SBC Senior Classic title, his 20th
career victory on the SENIOR TOUR. Was tied with Larry
Nelson for the lead entering the final round and holed
an eight-foot birdie putt at the 15th hole to break out
of a three-way tie with Canizares and Gary McCord. Became
the first player since Mike Hill (1990) to win the event
with a round in the 70s and his 12-under total was the
same in relation to par as that of Billy Mayfair, the
1998 Nissan Open winner at Valencia on the PGA TOUR. Win
also made him the 10th player in SENIOR TOUR history to
win after turning 60...Went over the $10 million mark
in SENIOR TOUR career earnings with his T5 performance
the following week at the inaugural Siebel Classic in
Silicon Valley...Teamed with Andy North to successfully
defend their Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf title, the
fifth time in tournament history a team had gone back
to back. Better-ball score of 20-under 124 in the rain-shortened
event clipped Bruce Fleisher and David Graham by three
strokes...Was T2 for the second consecutive year at the
Mexico Senior Classic. Carded a 10-under 62 in the second
round to vault himself into a tie for the lead after 36
holes at Puebla. ..Also held the 36-hole lead at The Home
Depot Invitational in Charlotte, but finished in a T3
after a final-round 73...Finished T4 at the U.S. Senior
Open, his best effort in a senior major since the 1998
FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship. Was the solo leader
at Salem CC after the 15th hole on Sunday and then was
tied for the lead with Bruce Fleisher with one hole to
play, but made double-bogey after a drive in the left
rough...Played in 12 Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors events
and won five times, including the first two over-60 competitions
he was eligible for (Bruno's Memorial Classic/The Home
Depot Invitational). Finished the year in fourth place
on the Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors money list with $268,541.
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| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Teamed with Andy North for victory in the Liberty
Mutual Legends of Golf at World Golf Village...Duo fired
a better-ball team score of 25-under 191 and edged David
Graham and Bruce Fleisher by one stroke...T2 at the Audi
Senior Classic in Puebla, five strokes back of Hubert
Green after sharing the 36-hole lead with Jose Maria Canizares...Runner-up
finish at LaVista CC earned him a check for $110,000 and
put him over the $9-million mark in SENIOR TOUR career
earnings...Tied his SENIOR TOUR career-low round of 61
on the first day of the TD Waterhouse Championship. Course
record 11-under-par score at Tiffany Greens included eight
straight birdies (holes 10-17) and equalled the SENIOR
TOUR's all-time best birdie streak (Chi Chi Rodriguez--1987
Silver Pages Classic). Led by two strokes after 36 holes,
but finished third in Kansas City after posting a final-round
71...Opened Colbert Hills Golf Club at Kansas State University
in Manhattan on May 1. 1999: Closed with 67 at Hualalai
to T2 at the MasterCard Championship, three strokes back
of John Jacobs. 1998: Notched his 19th career victory
on the SENIOR TOUR by claiming The Transamerica...Birdied
four of his last eight holes at Silverado CC for a one-stroke
win over David Lundstrom in Napa...Victory capped a successful
comeback from prostate cancer surgery a year earlier...Also
fell in a three-way playoff (with Larry Nelson) to Bob
Dickson at the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic...Was solo second
to Dana Quigley at the Emerald Coast Classic as well...Named
as the SENIOR TOUR's Comeback Player of the Year and is
the only player to have garnered all three of the SENIOR
TOUR's major post-season awards...Teamed with actor/director
Kevin Costner for victory in the Lexus Challenge. 1997:
Despite missing four months of the season while recuperating
from prostate cancer surgery on June 23, still finished
among the top-31 money-winners...Did not win for the first
time in six years, but still had five top-five finishes,
including a pair of seconds at the du Maurier Champions
(two strokes behind Jack Kiefer) and the American Express
Invitational (one short of Bud Allin)...Went over $7 million
in SENIOR TOUR career money when he collected $96,800
for his T2 at the du Maurier Champions...Recorded his
third hole-in-one on the SENIOR TOUR and his fifth overall
at the Bruno's Memorial Classic. 1996: Won second Arnold
Palmer Award as the leading money-winner with then-record
$1,627,890...Earned title on last day of season when he
birdied the final hole at the Energizer SENIOR TOUR Championship
to help him to a T3 and a check for $121,000, good enough
to nip Hale Irwin by $12,121 for the money crown...Won
$607,495 in his last seven starts, including two wins,
a second, a tie for second and a tie for third...Voted
by his peers as SENIOR TOUR Player of the Year for second
year in succession...Had personal-best five wins...Highlights
were defense of his title at the Las Vegas Senior Classic
and a third Vantage Championship...Also named Player of
the Month for October...Claimed Cadillac with hole-in-one
at The Transamerica...Golf Writers Association Player
of the Year. 1995: Four victories included wire-to-wire
victory at the Energizer SENIOR TOUR Championship...Win
helped him earn largest check of his career, $262,000,
and also helped him to his first money title...Started
the year with playoff triumph over Jim Albus in Puerto
Rico at the Senior Tournament of Champions...Voted by
his peers as the Player of the Year and also was named
Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of
America. 1994: One of a then record six SENIOR TOUR players
to win at least $1 million with two wins...July's Player
of the Month after 30-day stretch that saw him post two
wins and nine straight sub-70 rounds...Shot the then-lowest
36-hole number in SENIOR TOUR history (126) at the GTE
West Classic in Ojai, CA, but lost in a playoff to Jay
Sigel. 1993: Won year's first full-field event at the
Royal Caribbean Classic, thanks in part to two of the
best back-to-back rounds of the year -- 65-64 in the first
two days of the competition...Held off Raymond Floyd for
win at FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, his only senior
major championship. 1992: Became first player to capture
second consecutive Vantage Championship...Also defeated
George Archer in playoff for win at GTE Classic. 1991:
Garnered Rookie of the Year honors after winning $880,749
and finishing third on money list...Had three wins and
was second five times...First senior win came in his hometown
of Kansas City at Southwestern Bell Classic...Matched
Lee Elder's record at the time for lowest 18-hole score
when he fired second round 9-under 61 at First Development
Kaanapali Classic and then claimed title by two the next
day. |
| Personal |
| Ran his own golf course management company, Jim Colbert
Golf, prior to joining the SENIOR TOUR...Spent several
years as a color analyst for ESPN golf telecasts...Made
his home in Kansas City from 1952 to 1974 and earned a
football scholarship to Kansas State...A close friend
of K-State football coach Bill Snyder and a big supporter
of the school's sports program...Played a large role in
helping the school build its new golf course (Colbert
Hills GC) that is the home of the men's and women's teams,
the First Tee National Academy and will house a First
Tee facility...Had a limited career on the gridiron and
turned to golf instead...Owes some recent on-course success
to a magnetic belt he wears to improve circulation in
his back. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 2-0 |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 3-5 |
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