British Open: Shiv Kapur 'in dreamland' after opening 68

Indian golf has rarely announced itself on the Major tournament stage. It actually hasn’t even been that long since the first Indian made the cut at one of golf’s four Major tournaments. Indian players have done well on the Asian Tour (Jeev Milkha Singh has topped the money list twice) and won events on the European Tour and PGA Tour, but are yet to make a splash in Golf’s big four events. So it was something of a shock when Shiv Kapur burned up the front line at Muirfield, birdieing six of h is first seven holes and taking just 30 shots for the front nine to lead the Open Championship by one shot at 6-under par. He gave three shots back on the tough back nine, but his 68 left him just two shots out of the lead, and was one better than Tiger Woods. [caption id=“attachment_970163” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Shiv Kapur tees off during the 2013 British Open. Getty Images[/caption] After the round, Kapur said he was “in dreamland”, according to Sky Sports. “The front nine was a bit special. I was in a bit of a trance there. I wasn’t aware of my score. I tried to make every birdie putt that comes my way because I know how tough this golf course can be.” Kapur said he told himself to keep it simple and concentrate on hitting fairways and greens. “Nobody is expecting me to be up there,” he said. “It’s a funny name in the middle of all those sort of proven major winners and stuff.” The 31-year-old Kapur has won once on the Asian Tour – in 2005 and missed the cut in his only other British Open appearance in 2006. You can read the full story on Sky Sports here.