YORK-BORN swing-master Simon Dyson will be the tenth man off the tee when The Open swings into action in less than 48 hours’ time.

The 32-year-old, who is seeking to rediscover a gleeful groove of form, heads off the fourth threesomes at St Andrews on Thursday.

He is out at three minutes past seven in the morning alongside America’s Jason Dufner and former Ryder Cup player Soren Hanson from Norway.

Dyson’s own dream of making this year’s European team for this year’s Ryder Cup clash against the USA at Celtic Manor in October has been blighted by him missing the midway cuts in his last two tournaments.

For almost all this year he has been in the automatic nine places for the European team.

But premature exits at both the French Open and the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond have sent him spiralling to 13th place.

A high finish in this week’s third Major of the season would go a long way to regaining a prized place in the leading nine.

However, the legendary venue of St Andrews is one of the Malton & Norton GC player’s most cherished courses.

It was here just nine months ago that he won his fourth, and best, European Tour title when he spread-eagled a star-studded field to win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

And the current world number 77 also had the distinction of hitting the first shot in the 2005 Open, again at St Andrews.

At the end of those four days he posted his, so far, best finish in The Open of 34th place.

Dyson, Dufner and Hanson will go out just after noon in the second round on Friday.