How McDowell pitched high-class proposal

Major winner Graeme McDowell has revealed how he used the spectacular setting of a 200m-high Dubai helipad to go down on one knee and pop the question to stunning girlfriend Kristin Stape.

McDowell, back in the United Arab Emirates this week for the Dubai World Championship, first met Stape when he contacted the Orlando interior design business she runs to design his palatial four-bedroom home.

But he revealed yesterday that he popped the question a fortnight ago when in Dubai for a practice session before heading to the Australian Masters in Melbourne.