Alexander Knappe

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

Alexander Knappe
Personal information
Born	(1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 36) 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

• 2010 German Amateur Match Play Championship

Professional wins (7)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

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)

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)

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
2	22 Jan 2014	Sueno Dunes Classic	−8 (68-69-62=199)	Playoff	Faycal Serghini
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

• 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

• 2016 Challenge Tour graduates
• 2022 Challenge Tour graduates
• List of golfers with most Challenge Tour wins