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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
Champions Tour players to win at least $1 million…July's
Player of the Month after 30-day stretch that saw him post
two wins and nine straight sub-70 rounds…Shot the thenlowest
36-hole number in Champions 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. 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 victory
came in his hometown of Kansas City at Southwestern
Bell Classic, a three-stroke triumph over Al Geiberger and
Larry Laoretti…Matched Lee Elder's record at the time for
all-time lowest 18-hole score when he fired second-round,
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 1987
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (5): 1989
General Tire Las Vegas Classic. 1990 Vantage
Championship. 1991 NYNEX Commemorative,
Transamerica Senior Golf Championship. 1996 du
Maurier Champions.
OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES (3): 1990 Liberty
Mutual Legends of Golf [with Dale Douglass]. 1994
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf [with Dale Douglass].
1998 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf [with Dale
Douglass].
GEORGIA-PACIFIC GRAND CHAMPIONS
VICTORIES (6): 1997 Pittsburgh Senior Classic,
MasterCard Champions Championship. 1998 Utah
Showdown, The Transamerica. 2002 BellSouth Senior
Classic at Opryland, Napa Valley Championship.
PGA TOUR VICTORIES (3): 1964 Dallas Open
Invitational. 1969 Cleveland Open Invitational. 1971
Masters Tournament.
OTHER VICTORIES (3): 1971 World Series of Golf.
1973 John Player Classic, W.B. & H.O. Wills Masters.
PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $1,187,762
Jim Colbert (Continued)
9-under 61 at First Development Kaanapali Classic and
then claimed title by two strokes the next day.
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Won eight PGA TOUR events in a career that ran from
1966-87…Was among the top-60 on the TOUR's official
money list from 1969-1976…Best season on TOUR was
1983 when, at age 42, he earned $223,810 and had a pair
of victories, including a playoff win over Fuzzy Zoeller at
the Colonial National Invitation event.
PERSONAL:
Ran his own golf course management company, Jim
Colbert Golf, prior to joining the Champions Tour…Spent
several years as a color analyst for ESPN golf
telecasts…Made his home in Kansas City from 1952-74
and earned a football scholarship to Kansas State…Had a
limited career on the gridiron and turned to golf
instead…A close friend of former Kansas 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 The First Tee facility.
Charles Coody (COO-dee)
EXEMPT STATUS: Net-70 on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: Billy Charles Coody
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 225
BIRTHDATE: July 13, 1937
BIRTHPLACE: Stamford, TX
RESIDENCE: Abilene, TX
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISH: T48—
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf.
2005 SEASON: Best effort in 14 official events was a
T48 at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf…Finished 22nd
on the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions money list, with
$17,908…Made his 39th Masters appearance but missed
the cut at Augusta National.
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2002: Two-time winner in the Georgia-Pacific Grand
Champions competition. First title came when he defeated
Dave Stockton in a one-hole playoff at the BellSouth
Senior Classic at Opryland in Nashville. Second came
when he easily won the over-60 event at the Napa Valley
Championship by three strokes. 2001: Returned to the
Champions Tour for the first time since the 2000 SBC
Senior Open after undergoing season-ending left knee
surgery. Made his first start in seven months at the Verizon
Classic…T25 at the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland.
1998: Teamed with Dale Douglass to defeat Hugh Baiocchi
and David Graham in a playoff for their third Liberty
Mutual Legends of Golf title…Posted victories in the
MasterCard Champions competition at the Utah
Showdown and The Transamerica. 1997: Joined the ranks
of the MasterCard Champions midway through the
season…Won his first MasterCard Champions event at
Champions Tour 2006 Guide
PLAYER STATISTICS
2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS:
Scoring Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72.71 (66)
Driving Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258.3 (72)
Driving Accuracy Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75.1% (16)
Greens in Regulation Pct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63.1% (70)
Putting Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.843 (74)
MISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 67–2 times, most recent Bayer Advantage
Classic/1
Career Low Round: 61–2 times, most recent 2000 TD
Waterhouse Championship/1
Career Largest Paycheck: $262,000–1995 Energizer
SENIOR TOUR Championship/1
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
Career Low Round: 62–1983 Texas Open/2
Career Largest Paycheck: $72,000–1983 Colonial National
Invitation/1
SEE SECTION 6 FOR COMPLETE PGA TOUR SUMMARY
FAMILY: Wife, Lynette; Caryn (9/7/62), Kyle (8/21/64),
Kristyn (5/4/70); seven grandchildren
CLUB AFFILIATION: Diamondback GC (Abilene, TX)
EDUCATION: Texas Christian University (1960, Business)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Family activities, operating
Diamondback GC
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1963
JOINED PGA TOUR: 1963
the Pittsburgh Senior Classic…Saved best performance of
the year for last, when he posted rounds of 70-68-72 and
won the MasterCard Champions Championship by five
strokes. 1996: Ended a four-and-one-half-year victory
drought by winning the inaugural du Maurier Champions
in Canada. Rallied from four strokes down with a finalround
65 to defeat Larry Mowry by one stroke at Hamilton
G&CC. 1994: Teamed with Dale Douglass for a second
unofficial Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf title. 1992:
Hampered by physical problems for the majority of the
year that caused him to lose strength in his right arm and
hand without warning…Best finish a T2 at Ko Olina
Senior Invitational. 1991: Won twice in a season for the
only time in his career, with official victories at the NYNEX
Commemorative and Transamerica Senior Golf
Championship…At The Commemorative at Sleepy Hollow
CC, matched Bob Charles' all-time numerical record at the
time for lowest 54-hole score (193). 1990: He and Dale
Douglass captured their first Legends title in wire-to-wire
fashion with a tournament-record 39-under-par
total…Collected the largest check of his career, $202,500,
for his three-stroke victory over Charles and Al Geiberger
at the Vantage Championship. 1989: Won his first
Champions Tour title at the General Tire Las Vegas Classic
in a playoff over Bob Charles and Chi Chi Rodriguez. 1987:
Made debut at MONY Syracuse Senior Classic.
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