Bubba Dickerson
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Personal information | |
Full name | Benjamin Gordon Dickerson |
Nickname | Bubba |
Born | (1981-05-06) May 6, 1981 (age 43) Jacksonville, Florida |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Residence | Hilliard, Florida |
Career | |
College | University of Florida |
Turned professional | 2002 |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Nationwide Tour NGA Hooters Tour |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | CUT: 2002 |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | CUT: 2011 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
Benjamin Gordon "Bubba" Dickerson (born May 6, 1981) is an American professional golfer who was previously a PGA Tour member and currently plays on the Nationwide Tour. He is best known for winning the 2001 U.S. Amateur.
Dickerson was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition in 2000 and 2001.[1] Dickerson was runner-up in the 2000 U.S. Amateur Public Links championship. In 2001, he was a member of the Florida Gators team that won the NCAA Championship, and followed that with a win at the Western Amateur.[1] Dickerson received second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors in 2000 and first-team All-SEC honors in 2001,[1] and was a first-team All-American in 2001.[2]
In the U.S. Amateur that fall, Dickerson made the finals against Robert Hamilton. In the 36-hole final match, Dickerson was down five holes through fourteen played but won the last four holes of the morning round to pull within one. The afternoon round was very close, and Dickerson won the final two holes to go from one down to a one-up victory.
The winner of the U.S. Amateur gains entry into the following year's Masters, U.S. Open, and British Open, so long as he remains an amateur. Dickerson played in the Masters, but after the tournament, he decided to leave school and turn professional, giving up the chance to play in the other two majors.
Dickerson played on the European Challenge Tour in 2003, the NGA Hooters Tour in 2004, and the Nationwide Tour in 2005, 2008-2019. In 2006 and 2007, he qualified for the PGA Tour. He picked up his first professional win at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open in 2009 on the Nationwide Tour with a one hole playoff victory over Brian Vranesh.
The nickname "Bubba" came from his older brother Robert, who could not pronounce the word "brother" as a young child.
Amateur wins
- 2001 Western Amateur, U.S. Amateur
Professional wins (2)
Nationwide Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Mar 29, 2009 | Chitimacha Louisiana Open | −10 (71-64-69-71=274) | Playoff | Brian Vranesh |
Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2009 | Chitimacha Louisiana Open | Brian Vranesh | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
NGA Hooters Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Mar 21, 2004 | Michelob Ultra Classic | −24 (65-66-68-65=264) | 3 strokes | Todd Bailey |
Results in major championships
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | |||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Note: Dickerson never played in The Open Championship or the PGA Championship.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Florida Men's Golf 2011 Media Supplement Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 29, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41 (2010). Retrieved July 11, 2011.
- ^ 2008–09 Florida Gators Men's Golf Media Guide Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 36 (2008). Retrieved July 14, 2011.
External links
- Bubba Dickerson at the PGA Tour official site
- Bubba Dickerson at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- U.S. Amateur victory
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- 1967 Bob Dickson
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- 1972 Vinny Giles
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- 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 Matt Fitzpatrick
- 2014 Gunn Yang
- 2015 Bryson DeChambeau
- 2016 Curtis Luck
- 2017 Doc Redman
- 2018 Viktor Hovland
- 2019 Andy Ogletree
- 2020 Tyler Strafaci
- 2021 James Piot
- 2022 Sam Bennett
- 2023 Nick Dunlap
- † indicates the event was won in extra holes.