Shiv Kapur qualifies for the British Open

Shiv Kapur qualifies for the British Open

Indian to appear in his second Major

Dunbar, Scotland, July 3, 2013: India’s Shiv Kapur qualified for his second Major appearance after he earned a berth for the 2013 Open Championship at the 36-hole Local Final Qualifying (LFQ) event in Dunbar, Scotland.

The 31-year-old Kapur fired scores of 69 and 64 in wet and cold conditions to total seven-under-133 for the event. He finished the event in tied second place to become one of three players in the field to make the cut for The Open.

Shiv’s only previous appearance at a Major was at The Open in 2006 at Hoylake where he missed the halfway cut by one shot.

Kapur’s opening round of one-under-69 had featured an eagle-three on the second hole while his second round of 64 was punctuated by six birdies.

Kapur, a former winner on the Asian Tour, said, “I wanted to try and qualify on a links course because I think that’s the proper way to do it. It was the first time I had played a links course since this time last year, so it was all a bit strange to start with, but I soon got the hang of things again. I played beautifully in the afternoon.”

He will rely on Italian Golf Federation coach, Alberto Binaghi, who also works with Italian sensation Matteo Manassero, to guide him to a successful campaign at The Open which will be played at Muirfield from July 18 to 21.

“I’ve been working with Alberto for the last few months. We had a three hour session in Milan earlier this week and we worked mainly on my short game and hitting shots in the wind. I think that helped a lot,” said Kapur, who has two top-five results on the Asian Tour this season.