Dickerson 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. 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. 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. == Professional career ==