Bob Dickson

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Bob Dickson
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Robert B. Dickson
Born	(1944-01-25) January 25, 1944 McAlester, Oklahoma
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Career
College	Oklahoma State University
Turned professional	1968
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
PGA Tour Champions	1
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T17: 1973
U.S. Open	T46: 1968
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	T25: 1969
Achievements and awards
Bob Jones Award	1968

Robert B. Dickson (born January 25, 1944) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.

Dickson was born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was introduced to golf at the age of five by his father, Ben, a club pro/manager at the McAlester Country Club, and later club pro at the Muskogee Country Club (1958–1978).^[1] He attended high school in Muskogee, and was the state 2A golf champion for three years.

Dickson attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he was a two-time All-American as a member of the golf team from 1964–1966. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in General Business in 1967. That year he became the first amateur golfer since 1935 to win both the U.S. Amateur and British Amateur. He turned professional and joined the PGA Tour in 1968.

Dickson played on the PGA Tour for ten years, and won two official events. During his rookie season in 1968, he won the Haig Open Invitational and the Bob Jones Award for distinguished sportsmanship in golf.^[2] His best year as a professional was 1973 when he won the Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational, earned $89,182, and finished in the top-30 on the money list. His best finish in a major championship was a T-17 at The Masters in 1973. Dickson was hired by the PGA as the Director of Marketing for the Tournament Players Club in 1979, and was also a Rules Official on the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour) from 1986–89. He was appointed as the Tournament Director for the Nike Tour (now known as the Web.com Tour) in 1989 and was instrumental in its initial development.

After reaching the age of 50 in January 1994, Dickson began play on the Senior PGA Tour. His sole victory in this venue came at the 1998 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic in a playoff with Jim Colbert and Larry Nelson. He last played in a Champions Tour event in 2004.^[3]

On August 21, 2006, Dickson was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.^[4] He lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Amateur wins (4)

1965 Oklahoma State Amateur
1966 Oklahoma State Amateur
1967 British Amateur, U.S. Amateur

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 27, 1968	Haig Open Invitational	–13 (68-65-69-69=271)	2 strokes	Chi Chi Rodriguez
2	Feb 18, 1973	Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational	–10 (69-68-69-72=278)	3 strokes	Billy Casper, Bruce Crampton, Grier Jones, Phil Rodgers

Other wins (2)

1966 Oklahoma Open (as an amateur)
1971 Oklahoma Open

Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Jun 28, 1998	Cadillac NFL Golf Classic	–9 (68-69-70=207)	Playoff	Jim Colbert, Larry Nelson

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1998	Cadillac NFL Golf Classic	Jim Colbert, Larry Nelson	Won with birdie on first extra hole

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1967 (winners)

References

↑ "History of the Muskogee Country Club". Retrieved April 16, 2010.
↑ Past Bob Jones Award winners from USGA official site Archived March 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Bob Dickson – Career". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
↑ Industry News from pga.com Archived November 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

Bob Dickson at the PGA Tour official site

U.S. Amateur champions

1895 Charles B. Macdonald 1896 H. J. Whigham 1897 H. J. Whigham 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1899 Herbert M. Harriman 1900 Walter Travis 1901 Walter Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton† 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston† 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer† 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Ted Bishop† 1947 Skee Riegel 1948 Willie Turnesa 1949 Charles Coe 1950 Sam Urzetta† 1951 Billy Maxwell 1952 Jack Westland 1953 Gene Littler 1954 Arnold Palmer 1955 Harvie Ward 1956 Harvie Ward 1957 Hillman Robbins 1958 Charles Coe 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Labron Harris Jr. 1963 Deane Beman 1964 William C. Campbell 1965 Bob Murphy 1966 Gary Cowan† 1967 Bob Dickson 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1969 Steve Melnyk 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1971 Gary Cowan 1972 Vinny Giles 1973 Craig Stadler 1974 Jerry Pate 1975 Fred Ridley 1976 Bill Sander 1977 John Fought 1978 John Cook 1979 Mark O'Meara 1980 Hal Sutton 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1982 Jay Sigel 1983 Jay Sigel 1984 Scott Verplank 1985 Sam Randolph 1986 Buddy Alexander 1987 Billy Mayfair 1988 Eric Meeks 1989 Chris Patton 1990 Phil Mickelson 1991 Mitch Voges 1992 Justin Leonard 1993 John Harris 1994 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1996 Tiger Woods† 1997 Matt Kuchar 1998 Hank Kuehne 1999 David Gossett 2000 Jeff Quinney† 2001 Bubba Dickerson 2002 Ricky Barnes 2003 Nick Flanagan† 2004 Ryan Moore 2005 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Richie Ramsay 2007 Colt Knost 2008 Danny Lee 2009 An Byeong-hun 2010 Peter Uihlein 2011 Kelly Kraft 2012 Steven Fox† 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau 2016 Curtis Luck

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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