YORK golf star Simon Dyson will be hoping the presence of one of his long-time friends will help to provide him with inspiration in Malaysia tomorrow.

Dyson resumes his European Tour campaign in the Maybank Malaysian Open, which will be graced for the first time by world number three Luke Donald, one of Dyson’s oldest friends on the circuit from their Walker Cup days together as amateurs.

In his stop-start to this year, Dyson starts the event after dropping to 100 in the world rankings.