Alexander Knappe (born 1 March 1989) is a German professional golfer.
| Alexander Knappe | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 1 March 1989 Brilon, Germany |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Germany |
| Residence | Paderborn, Germany |
| Career | |
| College | Texas Christian University |
| Turned professional | 2011 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Sunshine Tour Challenge Tour Pro Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Sunshine Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
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 edit
- 2010 German Amateur Match Play Championship
Professional wins (7) edit
Sunshine Tour wins (1) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 Feb 2022 | Dimension Data Pro-Am1 | −23 (65-67-66-68=266) | 1 stroke |  Dean Burmester
|
1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour
Challenge Tour wins (4) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 Jun 2016 | Swiss Challenge | −12 (67-70-67-68=272) | 1 stroke |  Paul Howard,  Espen Kofstad
|
| 2 | 16 Oct 2016 | Hainan Open | −9 (68-67=135)* | 2 strokes |  Pep Anglès
|
| 3 | 13 Feb 2022 | Dimension Data Pro-Am1 | −23 (65-67-66-68=266) | 1 stroke | Dean Burmester
|
| 4 | 4 Sep 2022 | B-NL Challenge Trophy | −20 (68-66-66-68=268) | 1 stroke |  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) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 Apr 2011 | Open Mogador | −10 (70-68-68=206) | 1 stroke | Maximilian Glauert,  José-Filipe Lima, Reinier Saxton, Maximilian Tschinkel
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| 2 | 22 Jan 2014 | Sueno Dunes Classic | −8 (68-69-62=199) | Playoff |  Faycal Serghini
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| 3 | 27 May 2014 | Adamstal Open | −5 (65)* | Playoff |  Sebastian Wittmann (a)
|
*Note: The 2014 Adamstal Open was shortened to 18 holes due to weather.
Team appearances edit
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2006, 2007[3]
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Germany): 2008
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Germany): 2008, 2009, 2010
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Alexander Knappe profile". TCU Horned Frogs.
- ^ "Knappe keeps cool for Swiss win". PGA European Tour. 5 June 2016.
- ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
External links edit
- Alexander Knappe at the European Tour official site
- Alexander Knappe at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Alexander Knappe at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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