Shiv Kapur

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Shiv Kapur
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Shiv Kapur
Born (1982-02-12) 12 February 1982
New Delhi, India
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Nationality  India
Residence New Delhi, India
Career
College Purdue University
Turned professional 2004
Current tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour 1
Challenge Tour 2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T73: 2013
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Arjuna Award 2002
Asian Tour
Rookie of the Year		 2005

Shiv Kapur (born 12 February 1982) is an Indian professional golfer.

Kapur went to Purdue University and played the amateur circuit in the United States. He had a successful amateur career, winning the Indian and Malaysian Amateur Opens in 2000 and an individual gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games.[1]

He turned professional in 2004 and made a considerable impact in his second season on the Asian Tour by winning the season ending Volvo Masters of Asia and finishing the year fourth on the Asian Tour Order of Merit. Kapur works with instructor Peter Murphy out of Dallas, Texas.

He joined the European Tour in 2007, having earned enough as an affiliate member in 2006 to merit a tour card.

Amateur wins (3)

  • 2000 Indian Amateur Open, Malaysian Amateur Open
  • 2002 Asian Games Individual Gold Medal

Professional wins (3)

Asian Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 11 Dec 2005 Volvo Masters of Asia −20 (66-67-68-67=268) 2 strokes India Jyoti Randhawa

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 3 Feb 2013 Gujarat Kensville Challenge −14 (67-71-65-71=274) 2 strokes Scotland Andrew McArthur
2 3 Nov 2013 Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final −16 (69-66-67-70=272) 4 strokes Portugal José-Filipe Lima, Scotland Jamie McLeary

Results in major championships

Tournament 20062007200820092010201120122013
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T73
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shiv Kapur wins individual golf gold". rediff.com. 6 October 2002. Retrieved 2009-06-23. 

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