NORTH Yorkshire golfer Simon Dyson was struggling to make the cut at the Qatar Masters in Doha.

The Malton and Norton GC ace carded a three-over-par 75 to leave him tied for 101st place after the first round in the $2 million competition.

Teeing off at the tenth hole, Dyson only made two birdies, at the 12th and the fourth, and bogeyed the 11th, first, third, seventh and ninth.