A DYSON double act is about to be unleashed on the professional golf circuit.

North Yorkshire's Simon Dyson - the area's leading pro' - will embark on 2004 joined by his elder brother Nick, who is to act as his caddy.

The duo are determined that Dyson junior - at 26 next week, Simon is three years younger than Nick - will clean up after a 2003 blighted by injuries, illness and loss of form.

That triple combination led to Dyson losing his lucrative European Tour card. But the brotherly one-two will now chart the path to playing recovery, which will likely start in the Far East.

Though Dyson (pictured left) failed to hold on to his European card at the end of this season, several of the Challenge Tour events are run in conjunction with the Asian Tour where Dyson was a runaway winner in 2001 - his rookie year as a top-flight professional.

So far he is expected to enter the lucrative Johnnie Walker Classic to be held in Bangkok in February and he has earmarked appearances in both the Malaysian and Singapore Opens.

Just what Dyson's precise itinerary will be will hinge on a meeting early in the new year with his coach, golf guru Pete Cowen, who will pore through the Asian and Challenge Tour schedules.

Said Dyson: "There's a quite a few co-events which could take the number I can get into to around about 15. If I can get several good finishes in some of them then who knows what can happen.

"At least I know the Asian circuit and I know what to do to do well out there and with Nick along I am looking forward to it."

The sibling axis will recall Simon's first days as a player when he followed the example of Nick at their home Malton and Norton Golf Club course when he was a toddler.

Said the younger of the brothers: "Nick knows my game inside out. It was him who got me started in golf and I am sure he can benefit me this coming year.

"He's a good player himself - he play's off a handicap of four - and I am certain he will spot things that are going wrong with my game better than I can myself."

Another plus point is that the senior Dyson is heavily into gymnasium work, which his younger brother believed he could benefit from to improve his stamina for the demands of four-day tournaments played in the sapping heat and humidity of the Far East.

"It's going to be a new Dyson double act and hopefully it will be successful," said the pro', whose iron resolve is to return to the forefront of tournament golf.

Updated: 11:10 Wednesday, December 17, 2003