{"id":13298,"date":"2013-02-13T10:55:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T10:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=13298"},"modified":"2013-02-13T10:55:18","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T10:55:18","slug":"confident-kapur-eyes-avantha-masters-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=13298","title":{"rendered":"Confident Kapur eyes Avantha Masters crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" alt=\"shiv-kapur-kensville\" src=\"images\/golf\/shiv-kapur-kensville.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> India\u2019s Shiv Kapur has targeted an Indian double at the Avantha Masters after capturing his debut European Tour Challenge Tour title at the Gujarat Kensville Challenge.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>A fortnight ago Kapur became the second home player, after the 2011 champion Gaganjeet Bhullar, to win the Gujarat Kensville Challenge when he held off Scotland\u2019s Andrew McArthur by two strokes to take the \u20ac32,000 winner\u2019s cheque and, in the process, move to the top of the Challenge Tour Rankings.<br \/>\n<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Having sealed his maiden Challenge Tour victory in Ahmedabad, Kapur\u2019s focus switched immediately to the Avantha Masters, which will take place for the first time this year at Jaypee Greens GC, near New Delhi, his home and birthplace.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Kapur\u2019s best performance in the Avantha Masters, which is tri-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, European Tour and the Professional Golf Tour of India, came in 2011, when he finished in a tie for ninth place behind his compatriot S.S.P. Chowrasia.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Chowrasia\u2019s triumph was the first, and so far only, home victory in the Avantha Masters; but having also recently won the Shubhkamna Champions \u2013 a tournament hosted by his friend and compatriot Jeev Milkha Singh \u2013 by three shots from Sweden\u2019s Daniel Chopra, Kapur is understandably confident of mounting a bold bid to succeed South African Jbe\u2019 Kruger as champion when the fifth edition of the \u20ac1.8million event unfolds from March 14-17.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>He said: \u201cI am playing very well. To win twice in two starts \u2013 first at the Shubhkamna Champions, and then at the Kensville Challenge \u2013 felt great, especially after not winning for a long time. Now I would love to follow in S.S.P\u2019s footsteps and win a European Tour event at home. Adding the Avantha Masters to the Kensville Challenge and doing European double in India would be absolutely great.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The 31-year-old Indian, who has won once on the Asian Tour during his rookie year in 2005, is excited to get his solid early season form off to a flying start.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cI ended the 2012 season pretty well and then began 2013 on a winning note, so now I\u2019m looking forward to playing a European Tour event at home. The Avantha Masters is without doubt the crown jewel amongst all golf tournaments in India. This time we will be moving to a new course at Jaypee Greens, so that should really add to the excitement,\u201d said Kapur.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The par-72 course at Jaypee Greens GC takes over the staging of the Avantha Masters from DLF Golf and Country Club, which hosted the tournament for three years from 2010. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Designed by Greg Norman, Jaypee Greens GC features 14 water hazards and 88 bunkers and, at 7,347 yards, is India\u2019s longest course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" alt=\"shiv-kapur-kensville\" src=\"images\/golf\/shiv-kapur-kensville.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> India\u2019s Shiv Kapur has targeted an Indian double at the Avantha Masters after capturing his debut European Tour Challenge Tour title at the Gujarat Kensville Challenge.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>A fortnight ago Kapur became the second home player, after the 2011 champion Gaganjeet Bhullar, to win the Gujarat Kensville Challenge when he held off Scotland\u2019s Andrew McArthur by two strokes to take the \u20ac32,000 winner\u2019s cheque and, in the process, move to the top of the Challenge Tour Rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Confident Kapur eyes Avantha Masters crown - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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