Indian Professional Shiv Kapur Ended His 12-Year Title Drought On Asian Tour With Yeangder Heritage Triumph.
Shiv Kapur’s excruciating wait for his second Asian Tour title got over with the Yeangder Heritage win in Chinese Taipei in May. The Delhi golfer had last won an Asian Tour title almost 12 years back with the 2005 Volvo Masters of Asia crown. The title had also helped him clinch the Rookie of the Year honour that year.
With his solid performances in the next couple of years he gained a full card on the European Tour, which became his home for most of his career with him playing selective events in Asia including the Hero Indian Open.
Kapur came tantalisingly close to winning a number of times. Unfortunately he couldn’t convert. He has 5 runner-up finishes and 4 third place results in his name. He ended between 4th and 10th place 24 times from 359 starts. That speaks volumes about the golfer who also briefly led the first round of the British Open in 2013 and won the individual gold medal for the nation at the 2002 Busan Asian Games in South Korea.
The 35-year-old also encountered a liver abscess surgery last year besides a long slump in form and intermittent periods of self-doubts. Fortunately for Indian golf fans, the problems are a thing of the past and Shiv foresees a brighter future in Asia, where he wants to concentrate his energies as of now. The soon-to-be father is hopeful of a massive turnaround in fortunes with the help of yoga and meditation and a new partnership with Shane Gillespie, his coach. Shiv is expecting the birth of his first child with wife Maya Gupta in August. The Arjuna awardee spoke about a large number of issues in an exclusive chat with Golf Digest India. Excerpts from the interview:
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This story is from the June 2017 edition of Golf Digest India.
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