Simon Dyson News

The Press revealed last week that 34-year-old Dyson had been ordered by a specialist to take several weeks away from his world commitments to rest a stressed pelvis.

Golf: Ryder Cup hopeful Simon Dyson is out of this week's BMW PGA Championship - the European Tour's flagship event - as he tries to shake off a stressed hip injury.

A MYSTERY leg injury forced York's world-rated golfer Simon Dyson out of the Players' Championship at the Sawgrass course in Florida, writes Tony Kelly.

It was agony and ecstasy for two of England's stars at golf's richest event, while Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy endured mixed fortunes.

SEVILLE: Italian Ryder Cup player Francesco Molinari won the Spanish Open here on Sunday, turning a four-stroke deficit into a three-shot win in stunning fashion.

Francesco Molinari shot a 7-under 65 Sunday to win the Spanish Open, the first Italian to capture the European Tour event.

Simpson, who lives about a mile away from the golf course, emerged from a crowded leaderboard with a 12-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole.

On Sunday, 365 days will have passed since Seve Ballesteros succumbed to a long battle with brain cancer.

Simon Dyson double-bogeyed the last hole Saturday to throw the race for the Spanish Open wide open again with a round to go.