Multiple winner sends message to DP World Tour pros after final start
Multiple winner Soren Kjeldsen has urged his peers to 'take care of this Tour' after making his final DP World Tour appearance as a full card holder.
Soren Kjeldsen has urged his peers to 'take care of this Tour' after losing his card on the European-based circuit.
Kjeldsen played his final DP World Tour event over the weekend as a full card holder at the Genesis Championship in South Korea.
Ben An won the tournament in a playoff over Tom Kim, who was later accused of vandalising the locker room.
As for Kjeldsen, 49, he will now head to the senior ranks after losing his DP World Tour card for the first time since 1998.
Throughout his career, he surpassed 700 starts and won four times.
Of those 712 appearances, he made 480 cuts.
His career prize money exceeds €16m.
In an emotional interview, Kjeldsen told the official DP World Tour website: "I'm 50 in May next year, so therefore I haven't kept my card this year for the first time in 27 years.
"I played okay this year I think but it's been tough for me to compete.
"I made the decision to get ready for senior tour.
"So obviously I've got about six months now so hopefully physically, mentally get ready to give it a rip again.
"It was a dream of mine growing up and it's been even better than I could have hoped for. It's been incredible, I love the game.
"I've loved the competition, the people I've met. The highs, the lows, everything. It's tough to put it into words, it's been incredible."
He added: I've certainly got a message for all the guys playing out here on the DP World Tour.
"This is an amazing tour, look after it, enjoy it. It's a fantastic way of making your living and there's a lot of trophies out there to be won, moments to be lived. So enjoy it and take good care of this wonderful tour."
Watch his interview here:
Kjeldsen wasn't the only golfer to bid farewell to the DP World Tour this year.
In July, Bernhard Langer also said goodbye after he 'lived the dream' with his 50-year association with the European-based circuit.
Langer played his final event at the BMW International Open in Germany.
"I was able to live the dream for 50 years," he said.
"I have wonderful memories from all over the world, not just in Europe but Asia, Australia, Japan, America, South Africa.
"I was able to travel the world and meet with kings and queens.
"I played golf with all sorts of people, whether they were successful businessmen or just the average butcher or bricklayer or whatever, it was fun, it was great."
