Marco Dawson


Marco Dawson is an American professional golfer who now plays on the PGA Tour Champions, having previously played on the PGA Tour. He won the 2015 Senior Open Championship.
Dawson was born on a United States military base in Freising, Germany. He attended Florida Southern College, graduating in 1985, when turned professional. Dawson has enjoyed a long career playing both the PGA and Web.com Tours. He played on the PGA Tour in 1991–1997, 2000–2001, 2003–2008 and 2012 and played on the Web.com Tour in 1990, 1999, 2002, 2009–11, and 2013.
Dawson has won once on the Web.com Tour, a three stroke victory at the 2002 LaSalle Bank Open. His best finish on the PGA Tour is 2nd at the 1995 Greater Milwaukee Open, when he finished three strokes behind Scott Hoch.
He secured a return to the PGA Tour for 2012 via qualifying school in December 2011.
Dawson lives in Suntree, Florida.

Playing partner disqualifications

In 2003, Dawson became involved in two separate incidents involving rules breaches. At the Chrysler Classic of Tucson in March, he was playing with Brandel Chamblee when Chamblee took an incorrect drop. Dawson was criticized for only notifying rules officials shortly after he had signed Chamblee's card, meaning disqualification rather than a two-stroke penalty. In a similar incident in October, Dawson was playing with Esteban Toledo when he called Toledo on an incorrect drop, resulting in Toledo's disqualification. 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.

Professional wins (5)

Buy.com Tour wins (1)

Buy.com Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11999Nike Tour Championship

Golden Bear Tour wins (2)

Champions Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Mar 22, 2015Tucson Conquistadores Classic67-67-69=203−132 strokes

Results in major championships

Tournament2010201120122013201420152016
U.S. Open
The Open ChampionshipT68
PGA Championship

Note: Dawson never played in the Masters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2022.
Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
The TraditionT9T38T23T4T46T30NTT46T13T5T18
Senior PGA ChampionshipT9T9CUTT33T19T35NTT63CUTT8T32
U.S. Senior OpenT5T33T32T23T12T47NT20T57CUT
Senior Players ChampionshipT15T7T69T54T24T30T28T4210T27T44
The Senior Open ChampionshipT391T60T45T6NTT36

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic