EVESHAM golfer Jeremy Robinson tees off in Cannes today needing to earn around £20,000 from three remaining European Tour tournaments to claim his card for next year.

The 35-year-old has had a consistent year and made 14 of 18 cuts but has missed out on a top ten finish.

But he remains enthusiastic about the game although he has yet to decide whether to return to the tour school should that be required.

"I've had quite a few top 25 finishes but no top tens," he said on the eve of the Cannes Open in the French Riviera.

"I've been playing quite well and still got my enthusiasm for the game but I don't know whether I will go to the European Tour school.

"I've got tournaments in Madrid and Italy but I still need around £20,000 to get my card."

After the Italian Open in Sardinia Robinson will then take the winter off.

Robinson, who is in his 15th year on the tour, once contemplated a career in the City after reading economics at Florida State University.

He almost made the move out of golf into finance but reconsidered when he won the 1991 Kenya Open.

He lost his card in 1995 after four years on Tour but finished 22nd on 1998 Challenge Tour, with seven top-10 finishes. Robinson suffered severe back trouble at the 1998 Qualifying School and was advised not to carry on after three rounds but he persisted, and birdied the final hole to win back his card.

He had to use a three-iron as a walking stick and his caddie picked the ball out of the hole.