Dyson hoovers up US Open spot.SIMON DYSON Simon Dyson (born 21 December 1977 in York, England) is an English golfer. In 1999 Dyson was runner-up in the English Amateur Championship and won the Finnish Amateur title. has earned a second crack at the US Open - four years after the toughest week of his golfing life. Rounds of 66 and 70 gave the 31-year-old from York (above) third place behind fellow Englishman Simon Khan Simon Khan (born 16 June 1972) is an English golfer. Khan turned professional in 1991, but spent many years struggling to establish his tournament career. His first full season on the European Tour was 2002 and his first European Tour win came at the 2004 Celtic Manor Wales and France's Raphael Jacquelin in the European qualifying event at Walton Heath. Dyson, who will now tee off at Bethpage Black next month, said: "I just hope it's not as hard as Pinehurst was. "That was too hard - the most difficult course I've ever played. You were hitting fourirons into greens that were designed for wedges. "I didn't play that great but I've never seen anything like it." He missed the cut by nine shots. |
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