Benjamin Gordon "Bubba" Dickerson (born May 6, 1981) is an American professional golfer who was previously a

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member and currently plays on the Nationwide Tour. He is best known for winning the 2001

U.S. Amateur The United States Amateur Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Amateur, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers. It is organized by the United States Golf Association and is currently held each August ov ...

. Dickerson was born in

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. He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the

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in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach

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team in

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(NCAA) competition in 2000 and 2001.
Florida Men's Golf 2011 Media Supplement
'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 29, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41 (2010). Retrieved July 11, 2011. 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

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, and followed that with a win at the

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. Dickerson received second-team All-

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(SEC) honors in 2000 and first-team All-SEC honors in 2001, and was a first-team All-American in 2001.
2008–09 Florida Gators Men's Golf Media Guide
'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 36 (2008). Retrieved July 14, 2011. 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

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, 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

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in 2003, the

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in 2004, and the Nationwide Tour in 2005, 2008-2019. In 2006 and 2007, he qualified for the

. He picked up his first professional win at the

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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 (2)

*2001

Professional wins (1)

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
''Note: Dickerson never played in

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or the

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U.S. Amateur victory
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dickerson, Bubba American male golfers Florida Gators men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Golfers from Jacksonville, Florida People from Hilliard, Florida 1981 births Living people