Golf: Soon-to-be-father Shiv Kapur aims for double joy in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Aug 2: Shiv Kapur of India hopes to make it a double celebration by winning the inaugural TAKE Solutions Masters before welcoming the arrival of his new born baby next week.

Kapur admits that his focus will be divided towards trying to win the US$300,000 Asian Tour event and to the wellbeing of his wife, who is due in the next 10 days or earlier.

"My wife has been very cooperative, she told me to come and play this week even though we will be expecting our first child next week. My phone will be on standby just in case I have to go back and enjoy the birth of our first child. My wife is in emergency dial and in case I have to go back, I'll go back to the baby," Kapur said ahead of the Masters, starting on Thursday (August 3) at Karnataka Golf Association (KGA).

It has been a satisfying season so far for the Indian, who won his second Asian Tour title at the Yeangder Heritage in Chinese Taipei in April after waiting for more than 11 years. He also played in The Open two weeks ago and missed the cut by a single shot.

Panuphol Pittayarat hopes to ride on the good memories of finishing third at the Karnataka Golf Association Golf Course in 2012. The bubbly Thai missed out on a play-off by a single shot but said that the result has helped him improve in his career.

At the age of 24, Panuphol is determined to win his first Asian Tour title this week after playing on the Asian Tour for eight seasons.

Globe trotter Liu Yan Wei of China hopes the experience of playing in France, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia and Germany in the last few weeks will help him in his quest to lift a first Asian Tour victory this week.

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