Tiger Woods welcomes daughter Sam Alexis

Golfer Tiger Woods, 31, and his wife Elin became first time parents early Monday morning with the birth of daughter Sam Alexis.

Tiger writes on his website,

Elinand I are delighted to announce the birth of our daughter, Sam AlexisWoods. Sam was born early Monday morning, June 18th. BothElin and Sam are doing well and resting peacefully. Wewant to thank our doctors and the hospital staff for all theirdedicated and hard work. This is truly a special time in our lives andwe look forward to introducing Sam to our family and friends over thenext few weeks. We thank everyone for their well wishes and continuedrespect of our privacy.

He also adds that the couple will make photos of their daughter available shortly.

Tiger had just finished second in the U.S. Open on Sunday — babySam was not expected to arrive for another two and a half weeks.

Thanks to CBB reader Colleen, Karin, Yasmin, and Stephanie.

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