The world number one achieved the feat in the WGC – CA Championship, the WGC - Bridgestone Invitational and the USPGA Championship – but Dyson will be happy to manage it once, following his play-off victory over Australian Richard Green 12 months ago.

The 29-year-old had earlier claimed his maiden European Tour title in the Indonesia Open in March and finished the year 21st on the Order of Merit.

“To win once is nice, but to get another victory in the same year is always extra-special,” said Dyson.

“Before that, I had only won in Asia as a professional – so to finally get a win on European soil under my belt was great, and I am really looking forward to going back to defend.

“It is a prestigious event with a long history – so it was nice to get my name on a trophy that already has names like Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie and Jose Maria Olazabal on it. No one can ever take that away from me, which is great, and it would be nice to add it again.”

Dyson – a member of the victorious star-studded Walker Cup team of 1999 which also featured the likes of Paul Casey, Luke Donald and Graeme Storm – has failed to win this season but did finish sixth in the USPGA Championship thanks to a closing round of 64 at Southern Hills.

“I have played well this year. But nothing has really gone for me, and I just haven’t seemed to have had that little bit of luck – which you always need to have to win – when I’ve needed it,” he added on www.europeantour.com.

“I had a chance of winning in Singapore and Malaysia, where I finished third, and I was fourth in Spain too – but in all of those tournaments when you need to hole a key putt near the end somewhere. I haven’t been able to do that.

“But sometimes going back to where you have won gives you good feelings. I defended Indonesia and I finished 11th there and I do enjoy the course at Kennemer, so I hope a return will enable me to come up with the goods again.”

Also in the field is Germany’s Bernhard Langer, who returns to action after several weeks out because of kidney stones.

Langer was forced to pull out of the Deutsche Bank Players’ Championship after being rushed to hospital on the eve of the event but is determined to play in Holland alongside his 17-year-old son Stefan.

Stefan caddied for his father when he partnered Marcel Siem to victory in the World Cup in Barbados last December, but this will be the first time they have lined up against one another on the European Tour.

They will also be the first father and son to play in the same event on European soil since Craig and Kevin Stadler competed in the 2002 Omega European Masters in Switzerland.