Dawson was born on a United States military base in Freising, Germany.

Dawson has won once on the Web.com Tour, a three stroke victory at the 2002 LaSalle Bank Open.

Dawson was criticized for only notifying rules officials shortly after he had signed Chamblee's card, meaning disqualification rather than a two-stroke penalty.

The latter incident resulted in a feud in which Toledo sacked the agent both players shared, and Dawson was eventually fined $10,000 for not informing officials of an infringement promptly.

[3] Buy.com Tour playoff record (0–1) Note: Dawson never played in the Masters Tournament.