Alexander Knappe
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| 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 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany |
| Residence | Paderborn, Germany |
| Career | |
| College | Texas Christian University |
| Turned professional | 2011 |
| Current tour | European Tour |
| Former tours | Sunshine Tour Challenge Tour Pro Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Sunshine Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Alexander Knappe (born 1 March 1989) is a German professional golfer.
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 | edit source]- 2010 German Amateur Match Play Championship
Professional wins (7)
[edit | edit source]Sunshine Tour wins (1)
[edit | edit source]| 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 | South Africa Dean Burmester |
1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour
Challenge Tour wins (4)
[edit | edit source]| 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 | England Paul Howard, Norway Espen Kofstad |
| 2 | 16 Oct 2016 | Hainan Open | −9 (68-67=135)[a] | 2 strokes | Spain Pep Anglès |
| 3 | 13 Feb 2022 | Dimension Data Pro-Am1 | −23 (65-67-66-68=266) | 1 stroke | South Africa Dean Burmester |
| 4 | 4 Sep 2022 | B-NL Challenge Trophy | −20 (68-66-66-68=268) | 1 stroke | Sweden Mikael Lindberg |
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
Pro Golf Tour wins (3)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 Apr 2011 | Open Mogador | −10 (70-68-68=206) | 1 stroke | Germany Maximilian Glauert, Portugal José-Filipe Lima, Netherlands Reinier Saxton, Germany Maximilian Tschinkel |
| 2 | 22 Jan 2014 | Sueno Dunes Classic | −8 (68-69-62=199) | Playoff | Morocco Faycal Serghini |
| 3 | 27 May 2014 | Adamstal Open | −5 (65)[a] | Playoff | Austria Sebastian Wittmann (a) |
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Team appearances
[edit | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- 2016 Challenge Tour graduates
- 2022 Challenge Tour graduates
- List of golfers with most Challenge Tour wins
Notes
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 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