In sport, the time away is often a bigger teacher than lessons during the course of play.
Shiv Kapur pulled out just 20 minutes before tee-off at the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational in October with a broken rib.
Sitting out for two months, Shiv got to sample what post-retirement life can be.
“It can come anytime,” he says, and going with it, Shiv introspected when not spending time with the family.
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Watching the action from the sidelines gave perspective but also whetted the appetite for real-time action.
On Wednesday and Thursday, it was as if Shiv was never away, rolling in the putts to be one off the lead after Day 2 of the TATA Steel Tour Championship despite not being fully healed.
A free mind = good golf
A tentative mind often leads to uncertainty on the turf. Chikka’s recent run on Tours was about the anxiety of sealing his card on the Asian Tour.
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The objective was attained in Indonesia earlier this month with the T28 securing 2023.
The mind freed, Chikka’s golf was expressive too. A T14 last week and Kolkata, and five off the lead at the TATA Steel Tour Championship, Chikka has thrown his hat in the season finale.
