Background
Colbert was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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Jim Colbert
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He attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the National Collegiate Athletic Association golf championships in 1964, before graduating and turning professional in 1965.
Career
Colbert has worked as a golf analyst for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 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. Colbert was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.
Professional Golf Association Tour wins (8) Champions Tour wins (20) Other senior wins (7) DNP = Did not play World Development = 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 Professional Golf Association – 1982 Professional Golf Association) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1974 Masters – 1974 United States Open) Wins (1).
Achievements
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Professional Golf Association Tour playoff record (2–0) Champions Tour playoff record (3–5) Senior major championship is shown in bold. 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) 2013 Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf - Demaret Division (with Bob Murphy) 2014 Big Cedar Lodge Legends of Golf - Legends Division (with Jim Thorpe).
