BRIT-POWER will be the target for recently-crowned Euro swing-king Simon Dyson.

The North Yorkshire ace has returned from impressive performances in the Far East only to be advised to withdraw from the European Tour event in the Andalucia Open starting in Spain today, plus next week's Italian Open, because of a nagging illness.

His enforced fortnight's break - urged by his coach, Yorkshire-based golf guru Pete Cowen - is to help Dyson finally shake off the debilitating effects of a virus that affflicted him on the eve of jetting out from a special appearance at Malton and Norton Golf Club to China for the dual drive into the Asian Open and the BMW Open.

Given that the 28-year-old was suffering from illness, his performances in the Asian Open in Beijing, and even more so in the BMW tournament in Shanghai in which he finished the joint highest Englishman in a lucrative fifth place, were all the more striking.

Dyson pocketed just over £38,000 for his BMW endeavours after a last-round 68 put him just three shots off the eventual winner, Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.

The Malton and Norton GC star, who won his first European Tour event last month when he captured the Indonesian Open crown, also climbed to 20th place in the European Order of Merit and improved his world ranking to 129th. Both positions are the best ever occupied by Dyson since he first turned professional six years ago.

Dyson now plans to be next in action as the European Tour moves to home service on May 11 when the £1,800,000-rated Quinn Direct British Masters opens at the De Vere Belfry.

After the Belfry battle comes a run of British-based events on the Euro Tour - the Nissan Irish Open (May 18-21); the BMW Championship at Wentworth (May 25-28) and the Celtic Manor Wales Open (June 1-4).

Updated: 09:40 Thursday, April 27, 2006