Shiv Kapur

Shiv Kapur
Personal information
Born	(1982-02-12) 12 February 1982 (age 43) New Delhi, India
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sporting nationality	India
Residence	New Delhi, India
Career
College	Purdue University
Turned professional	2004
Current tour(s)	Asian Tour Professional Golf Tour of India
Former tour(s)	European Tour Challenge Tour
Professional wins	7
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour	4
Challenge Tour	2
Other	2
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 2002 Busan Men's individual

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

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. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

Awards and honors

In 2002, Kapur was bestowed the Arjuna Award. ^{[4] [5]}

Amateur wins

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

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 1	−17 (65-69-69-68=271)	3 strokes	Shiv Chawrasia, Om Prakash Chouhan, Karandeep Kochhar, Chiragh Kumar, Paul Peterson, Ajeetesh Sandhu, 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	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 1	−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

¹Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India

Professional Golf Tour of India wins (3)

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

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

Other wins (1)

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

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

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

Results in major championships

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

Tournament	2006
Match Play
Championship
Invitational	65

  Did not play

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing India): 2000, 2002
• Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2002 (winners), 2004 (winners)

See also

• 2013 Challenge Tour graduates

References

1. "Shiv Kapur wins individual golf gold". rediff.com. 6 October 2002. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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.

External links

• Official website
• Shiv Kapur at the Asian Tour official site
• Shiv Kapur at the European Tour official site
• Shiv Kapur at the Official World Golf Ranking official site