Alexander Knappe

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Alexander Knappe
Personal information
Born (1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 36)
Brilon, Germany
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Residence Paderborn, Germany
Career
College Texas Christian University
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour
Pro Golf Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour1
Challenge Tour4
Other3

Alexander Knappe (born 1 March 1989) is a German professional golfer.

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Knappe was born in Brilon, Germany. He played one year of college golf at Texas Christian University. [1]

Knappe turned professional in 2011 and has played on the Pro Golf Tour, Challenge Tour and Sunshine Tour. He has won three times on the Pro Golf Tour and four times on the Challenge Tour. [2]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (7)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
113 Feb 2022 Dimension Data Pro-Am 1−23 (65-67-66-68=266)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Burmester

1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
15 Jun 2016 Swiss Challenge −12 (67-70-67-68=272)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Paul Howard, Flag of Norway.svg Espen Kofstad
216 Oct 2016 Hainan Open −9 (68-67=135)*2 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Pep Anglès
313 Feb 2022 Dimension Data Pro-Am 1−23 (65-67-66-68=266)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Burmester
44 Sep 2022 B-NL Challenge Trophy −20 (68-66-66-68=268)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lindberg

*Note: The 2016 Hainan Open was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Pro Golf Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
122 Apr 2011 Open Mogador−10 (70-68-68=206)1 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Glauert, Flag of Portugal.svg José-Filipe Lima,
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Reinier Saxton, Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Tschinkel
222 Jan 2014 Sueno Dunes Classic−8 (68-69-62=199)Playoff Flag of Morocco.svg Faycal Serghini
327 May 2014Adamstal Open−5 (65)*Playoff Flag of Austria.svg Sebastian Wittmann (a)

*Note: The 2014 Adamstal Open was shortened to 18 holes due to weather.

Team appearances

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alexander Knappe profile". TCU Horned Frogs.
  2. ↑ "Knappe keeps cool for Swiss win". PGA European Tour. 5 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 22 January 2023.


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