Francesco earned his place in Colin Montgomerie抯 side on the back of a superbly consistent season on The European Tour with his best result coming at the Alstom Open de France where he was defeated by Miguel Angel Jim閚ez in a play-off. Francesco joined The European Tour in 2005 and won his first title a year later at the Italian Open.

2011 has seen four top ten finishes for Molinari, the most impressive of which coming at the WGC-Cadillac Championship where a third place finish behind Nick Watney and Dustin Johnson brought in 332,000 Euros.