"[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.

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.