Alexander Knappe

Alexander Knappe
Personal information
Born (1989-03-01) 1 March 1989
Brilon, Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
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

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin 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) 2 strokes Spain Pep Anglès

EPD Tour wins

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

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.


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