EDOARDO MOLINARI has fought back tears after losing his DP World Tour card for 2025.

The 2010 Ryder Cup star tied for 54th place in last week’s Genesis Championship.

Molinari missed five consecutive cuts leading into the final regular season tournament in South Korea.

Despite making the weekend in Incheon, it wasn’t enough to avoid losing his card as he dropped to 140th in the rankings.

The 43-year-old has been unable to record a single top-ten finish this season for the first time since 2020.

Molinari will now have to go through Qualifying School in a bid to play on the DP World Tour next year.

Visibly emotional, the Italian admitted he had “not been playing very well” in a candid interview in the Tour’s Green Room.

Molinari said: “It has been a bit difficult.

“I gave it my best like I always do. It is golf, sometimes you win, sometimes you don’t.

“Obviously there were a few guys on the bubble, very close [to the 114 qualifying mark].

“I was a bit behind, so I didn’t have much pressure to be honest. I needed half a miracle to keep my card.”

Molinari will be a Vice Captain at next year’s Ryder Cup and was a member of the 2010 winning European team alongside his brother Francesco.

The Italian could not hold back his emotions as he looked forward to putting a disappointing 2024 season behind him.

He continued: “I am looking forward to spending some time at home with my kids and my wife.

“I am really missing them. It has been a long year.

“I go to Qualifying School and then I am looking forward to a lot of weeks at home with them.

“I want to spend some more time with them.”

Molinari was last in Qualifying School eight years ago.

He secured his card on that occasion – and is determined to repeat the trick next month before joining up with Team Europe in2025.

He added: “I think still we are very privileged and very fortunate to do what we do.

“Play the best courses in the world, in the best conditions in the world so I don’t think you can complain too much whether you lose your card, keep your card.

“I think jobs have more pressure than we do.”