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Shiv Kapur is the newest entry to the Indian golf hall of fame. Kapur, born on February 12, 1982, turned professional in 2004 after dominating the Indian amateur circuit.
As an amateur Kapur enjoyed considerable success, winning the Indian Amateur Open and Malaysian Amateur Open in 2000. Then Kapur went to the U.S. and enrolled in the Purdue University, Indianapolis, to pursue his studies and play in the U.S. amateur circuit.
The highpoint of Shiv Kapur's short career has been the gold at the 2002 Busan Asian Games. Kapur became the second Indian to win the golf event at the Asian Games after Laxman Singh clinched the gold at the Delhi Asiad in 1982.
