Shiv Kapur

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Shiv Kapur
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Personal information
Born (1982-02-12) 12 February 1982 (age 43)
New Delhi, India
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of India.svg  India
Residence New Delhi, India
Career
College Purdue 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 Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open T23: 2014
The Open Championship T73: 2013
Achievements and awards
Arjuna Award 2002
Asian Tour
Rookie of the Year
2005
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 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]

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Amateur career

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

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

Professional wins (7)

Asian Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
111 Dec 2005 Volvo Masters of Asia −20 (66-67-68-67=268)2 strokes Flag of India.svg Jyoti Randhawa
230 Apr 2017 Yeangder Heritage −16 (71-70-67-64=272)2 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Chang Yi-keun, Flag of Malaysia.svg Gavin Green
35 Nov 2017 Panasonic Open India 1−17 (65-69-69-68=271)3 strokes Flag of India.svg Shiv Chawrasia, Flag of India.svg Om Prakash Chouhan,
Flag of India.svg Karandeep Kochhar, Flag of India.svg Chiragh Kumar,
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Peterson, Flag of India.svg Ajeetesh Sandhu,
Flag of India.svg Sudhir Sharma

1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India

Asian Tour playoff record (0–2)

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

Challenge Tour wins (2)

Legend
Grand Finals (1)
Other Challenge Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
13 Feb 2013 Gujarat Kensville Challenge 1−14 (67-71-65-71=274)2 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew McArthur
23 Nov 2013 Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final −16 (69-66-67-70=272)4 strokes Flag of Portugal.svg José-Filipe Lima, Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie McLeary

1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India

Professional Golf Tour of India wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
13 Feb 2013 Gujarat Kensville Challenge 1−14 (67-71-65-71=274)2 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew McArthur
25 Nov 2017 Panasonic Open India 2−17 (65-69-69-68=271)3 strokes Flag of India.svg Shiv Chawrasia, Flag of India.svg Om Prakash Chouhan,
Flag of India.svg Karandeep Kochhar, Flag of India.svg Chiragh Kumar,
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Peterson, Flag of India.svg Ajeetesh Sandhu,
Flag of India.svg Sudhir Sharma
314 Nov 2021 Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational−19 (64-68-67-70=269)Playoff Flag of India.svg Rashid Khan

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

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
131 Dec 2017 Royal Cup −14 (67-68-68-67=270)1 stroke Flag of Thailand.svg Prom Meesawat

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

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

Results in major championships

Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T23CUT
The Open Championship CUTT73CUT
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. "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.