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G-Mac tweets picture of newborn daughter

A CO ANTRIM golfer Graeme McDowell has tweeted a picture of his new baby daughter.

The 35-year-old's wife Kirstin Stape gave birth to the couple's first child in the US on Monday.

After posting a picture of b> himself and his wife with the newborn, the Portrush sportsman tweeted: "Welcome to the world to our beautiful daughter. 7 lbs 4 0z at 6.04am. August 25th 2014. Name to be confirmed! #love"

McDowell and Ms Stape got married last October and found out they were expecting a baby on New Year's Day this year.

Ms Stape is an interior decorator from Orlando, Florida and has a five-year-old daughter from a previous marriage. Speaking before the birth, McDowell said his daughter's name will be "whatever the wife tells me it is".