Simon Dyson suffers Open de Espana collapse (From York Press)

Simon Dyson suffers Open de Espana collapse

4:19pm Sunday 6th May 2012 in Sport

Updated: A DRAMATIC final round collapse cost York golfer Simon Dyson a shot at his seventh European Tour crown in the Open de Espana in Seville.

The world number 36 went into the last day a shot clear of the field at the Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, despite a double-bogey on the 18th in round three on Saturday.

The Malton & Norton Golf Club ace made a superb start to his fourth round, holing a putt for a birdie at the first before finding the cup from the bunker at the second to pick up a second shot.

However, it all started to go wrong at the fifth, where he dropped a shot. Further strokes went astray at the seventh, eighth, 13th, 15th and 17th holes as Dyson slipped down the leaderboard into a share of 12th place and a pay packet of 31,650 euros.

His four-over-par round of 76 was in stark contrast to that of eventual champion Francesco Molinari, who carded a 65 to storm to the title at eight-under-par. Dane Soren Kjeldsen and Spaniards Alejandro Canizares and Pablo Larrazabal finished joint second.