Thornton dedicates Tour card clinching round to new-born son

SIMON THORNTON dedicated his brilliant seven under par round of 64 to his new-born son after sealing his card for the 2012 European Tour International Schedule.

He recorded the best round of the crucial final day at the Apulia San Domenico Challenge Tour Grand final.

He began the day right on the brink of missing out on a ticket to the elite of European golf after a level par third round of 71, and the pressure was on to secure any sort of card for The European Tour.