Alexander Knappe

Alexander Knappe
Personal information
Born	(1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 32) 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)	Challenge Tour European Tour
Former tour(s)	Pro Golf Tour Sunshine Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	2
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 EPD Tour, Challenge Tour, and Sunshine Tour. He won three times on the EPD Tour and twice on the Challenge Tour, the Swiss Challenge^[2] and the Hainan Open, both in 2016.

Amateur wins[]

• 2010 German Amateur Match Play Championship

Professional wins (5)[]

Challenge Tour wins (2)[]

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

*Note: The 2016 Hainan Open was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

EPD Tour wins (3)[]

• 2011 Open Mogador
• 2014 Sueno Dunes Classic, Adamstal Open

Team appearances[]

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Germany): 2008
• European Amateur Team Championship (representing Germany): 2008, 2009, 2010

See also[]

• 2016 Challenge Tour graduates

References[]

External links[]

• 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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