MILTON KEYNES, England -- India's Shiv Kapur earned a ticket to his third British Open after winning one of the five final qualifying events on Tuesday.
Kapur, who will be the lone Indian at this year's Open Championship, earned his berth at the year's third Major after shooting scores of 71 and 65, which gave him first place at eight-under-136. The 35-year-old was thus among the three players with the best scores who qualified from The Marquess' Course at Woburn.
The top three players from each of the five final qualifying events made it to this year's British Open, which will be held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club from July 20 to 23.
Kapur finished two shots ahead of Britain's Ian Poulter and Toby Tree, the other two players to qualify from Woburn. He made 13 birdies, a bogey and two double-bogeys in his two rounds on Tuesday.
The two-time Asian Tour winner had previously been part of the field at the British Open in 2006 and 2013. Kapur's other two Major appearances have come at the US Open in 2014 and 2015.
Kapur had posted a win and a tied-second finish on the Asian Tour in the first half of the season.
