Background
Kapur, Shiv was born on February 12, 1982 in New Delhi.
Kapur, Shiv was born on February 12, 1982 in New Delhi.
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. 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.
2000 Indian Amateur Open, Malaysian Amateur Open Asian Tour wins (1) Challenge Tour wins (2) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10. Amateur Eisenhower Trophy (representing India): 2000, 2002 Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2002 (winners), 2004 (winners).