Being slightly built, he tried to add more distance in his drives to keep up with the long-hitters but in doing so, he sacrificed his trademark left-to-right shape shots which was often his go-to shot when under pressure.
With his form not striking hot, worse was to come for him as Kapur was stricken with sickness in 2016. Originally thought to be a viral fever, the Indian was eventually diagnosed with abscess in his liver, which required surgery last September. It laid him off for three months.
Lying in his hospital bed, he often fought with his demons and wondered if he had already missed the bus towards stardom. "It took a lot of time to heel," he said at the start of 2017.
"Afterwards, the rehab process followed and as you spend a month on the bed, the body doesn't feel the same. When you make a comeback after such a period, there is a lot of frustration and a lot of anxiety.”
His results in the first few months of the 2017 season was topsy-turvy to say the least, with a best of tied 12th in Malaysia followed by three consecutive missed cuts. But like all good comeback stories, Kapur finally enjoyed his day in the sun once again, some eleven years and four months to be exact after his maiden Asian Tour victory.
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