Bob Dickson

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Bob Dickson
Personal information
Full name	Robert B. Dickson
Born	(1944-01-25) January 25, 1944 (age 81) McAlester, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.
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
PGA Championship	T25: 1969
U.S. Open	T46: 1968
The Open Championship	DNP
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.

Early life

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.

Amateur career

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.

Professional career

On January 25, 1968, Dickson turned 24-years-old. At his birthday party, it was announced he would turn professional. It was also announced he would enter the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament that April for the Spring 1968 PGA Tour Qualifying School. The New York Daily News stated that "the pros rank the U.S.-British Amateur champ as a sure-pop star and the best to enter their ranks since Jack Nicklaus." ^[2]

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. ^[3] 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 in 1989 and was instrumental in its initial development.

After reaching the age of 50 in January 1994, Dickson began to 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. ^[4]

Personal life

He lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Awards and honors

• In 1968, Dickson was bestowed the Bob Jones Award by the USGA for distinguished sportsmanship in golf. ^[3]
• On August 21, 2006, Dickson was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. ^[5]

Amateur wins

• 1965 Oklahoma Amateur
• 1966 Oklahoma Amateur, Broadmoor Invitational
• 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 Rodríguez
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

Source: ^[6]

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

Source: ^[6]

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 1967 (winners)
• Americas Cup: 1967 (winners)

See also

• Spring 1968 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

References

1. "History of the Muskogee Country Club". Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
2. "Dickson Turns Pro at Birthday Party". Daily News. January 29, 1968. p. 52. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
3. Past Bob Jones Award winners from USGA official site Archived March 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
4. "Bob Dickson – Career". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
5. Industry News from pga.com Archived November 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
6. "Bob Dickson". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 20, 2025.

External links

• Bob Dickson at the PGA Tour official site