G-Mac off the market

'I did it properly, getting down on one knee,' revealed the former US Open winner.

'She had no idea what was going on and was shocked and stunned. I even found myself getting a little bit emotional.

'It was a very special location, looking out over Dubai,' added McDowell, saying the happy couple, both 33, 'probably will get married at the end of next year'.

McDowell first met his fiancee, a top interior designer in her native Florida, when he hired her company to work on the new four-bedroom house he's built on the exclusive Lake Nona golf estate in Orlando.

'So now she'll be moving into the house she's designed,' he said.

'Hopefully she's built a house she likes because it'll cost me a lot of money if we have to change it,' McDowell added with a smile. 'But I don't see that happening.

'Kristin's a great girl and both my family and hers are delighted with the news.'

'So I booked a table and, when we arrived, I told her a contact at the hotel was going to give us a quick look around, which included going out on the helipad,' he said.

'I have to say I was very nervous popping the question. I'd a little speech all prepared to make to her and found myself getting all choked up,' McDowell admitted. 'But she was just in total shock.'