Shiv Kapur

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Shiv Kapur
Personal information
Born (1982-02-12) 12 February 1982 (age 42)
New Delhi, India
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sporting nationality India
ResidenceNew Delhi, India
Career
CollegePurdue University
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Professional Golf Tour of India
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour4
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
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Men's individual

Shiv Kapur (born 12 February 1982) is an Indian professional golfer. He is recipient of the 2002 Arjuna Award.[1][2]

Amateur career[edit]

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.[3]

Professional career[edit]

Kapur 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. His best finish that season came at the Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open, where he finished tied for second place.[4]

Kapur's best opportunity at clinching a European Tour victory came at the 2009 South African Open Championship. He lost in a playoff to Richie Ramsay.[5]

Amateur wins[edit]

  • 2000 Indian Amateur Open, Malaysian Amateur Open
  • 2002 Asian Games

Professional wins (7)[edit]

Asian Tour wins (3)[edit]

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 India Jyoti Randhawa
2 30 Apr 2017 Yeangder Heritage −16 (71-70-67-64=272) 2 strokes South Korea Chang Yi-keun, Malaysia Gavin Green
3 5 Nov 2017 Panasonic Open India1 −17 (65-69-69-68=271) 3 strokes India Shiv Chawrasia, India Om Prakash Chouhan,
India Karandeep Kochhar, India Chiragh Kumar,
United States Paul Peterson, India Ajeetesh Sandhu,
India Sudhir Sharma

1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India

Asian Tour playoff record (0–2)

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

Challenge Tour wins (2)[edit]

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 Challenge1 −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

1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India

Professional Golf Tour of India wins (3)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 3 Feb 2013 Gujarat Kensville Challenge1 −14 (67-71-65-71=274) 2 strokes Scotland Andrew McArthur
2 5 Nov 2017 Panasonic Open India2 −17 (65-69-69-68=271) 3 strokes India Shiv Chawrasia, India Om Prakash Chouhan,
India Karandeep Kochhar, India Chiragh Kumar,
United States Paul Peterson, India Ajeetesh Sandhu,
India Sudhir Sharma
3 14 Nov 2021 Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational −19 (64-68-67-70=269) Playoff India Rashid Khan

1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Other wins (1)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 31 Dec 2017 Royal Cup −14 (67-68-68-67=270) 1 stroke Thailand Prom Meesawat

Playoff record[edit]

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2009 South African Open Championship Scotland Richie Ramsay Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships[edit]

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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[edit]

Tournament 2006
Match Play
Championship
Invitational 65
  Did not play

Team appearances[edit]

Amateur

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "LIST OF ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS - Football | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2007.
  2. ^ "List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Shiv Kapur wins individual golf gold". rediff.com. 6 October 2002. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Stormy Indonesian Open finally ends, with Ilonen victor by one". PGA Tour. 18 February 2007. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Richie Ramsay edges out Shiv Kapur to win South African Open". The Guardian. 20 December 2009. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

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