Shiv Kapur

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

Shiv Kapur
Personal information
Full nameShiv Kapur
Born (1982-02-12) 12 February 1982
New Delhi, India
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Nationality India
ResidenceNew Delhi, India
Career
CollegePurdue University
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour3
Challenge Tour2
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT23: 2014
The Open ChampionshipT73: 2013
Achievements and awards
Arjuna Award2002
Asian Tour
Rookie of the Year		2005

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

Professional wins (7)

Asian Tour wins (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 11 Dec 2005 Volvo Masters of Asia −20 (66-67-68-67=268) 2 strokes Jyoti Randhawa
2 30 Apr 2017 Yeangder Heritage −16 (71-70-67-64=272) 2 strokes Chang Yi-keun, Gavin Green
3 5 Nov 2017 Panasonic Open India −17 (65-69-69-68=271) 3 strokes Om Prakash Chouhan, Shiv Chawrasia,
Karandeep Kochhar, Chiragh Kumar,
Paul Peterson, Ajeetesh Sandhu,
Sudhir Sharma

Asian Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2005 Double A International Open Chinnarat Phadungsil (a) Lost to birdie on second extra hole
2 2019 Thailand Open John Catlin, Pavit Tangkamolprasert Catlin won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)
Legend
Grand Finals (1)
Other Challenge Tour (1)
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 Andrew McArthur
2 3 Nov 2013 Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final −16 (69-66-67-70=272) 4 strokes José-Filipe Lima, Jamie McLeary

Other wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 6 Oct 2002 Asian Games
(as an amateur)		 −4 (70-75-69-70=284) 3 strokes Anura Rohana
2 31 Dec 2017 Royal Cup −14 (67-68-68-67=270) 1 stroke Prom Meesawat

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2009 South African Open Championship Richie Ramsay Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships
Tournament 200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T23 CUT
The Open Championship CUT T73 CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament2006
Match Play
Championship
Invitational 65
  Did not play

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
  1. "Shiv Kapur wins individual golf gold". rediff.com. 6 October 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2009.


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