Michael Richard Long (born 27 August 1968) is a New Zealand professional golfer who has played on a number of tours, including two seasons on the PGA Tour and three seasons on the European Tour. He won four times on the PGA Tour of Australasia between 1996 and 2018 and twice on the Nationwide Tour. He won the 2020 European Senior Tour Q-School. Early life and amateur career Long was born in Cromwell, New Zealand. He took up golf when he lived at Waitangi where his father worked, later attending Waikato University. He had considerable success as an amateur, winning the New Zealand under-18 title in 1985, the under-21 title in 1988, the under-23 title in 1989 and the New Zealand Amateur in 1990. He was in the four-man New Zealand team in the 1990 Eisenhower Trophy, played in Christchurch. The team finished joint runners-up behind Sweden. Individually Long had the joint third best score, behind two Swedes. Professional career Long turned professional after the Eisenhower Trophy and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia. Despite having limited success on his home tour he travelled to the United States to play in the PGA Tour Q-school at the end of 1995, earning a place on the second-tier 1996 Nike Tour. He played in 9 tournaments between March and August. His best finish was to be tied for fourth place in his last event, the Nike Permian Basin Open, despite a first round 74. Following his period in America Long had much more success in the 1996/1997 Australasian Tour season, results that lifted him from outside the top 800 into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. During this season he won the 1996 New Zealand Open, his major success as a professional. In January 1997 he was a runner-up in the Johnnie Walker Classic, an event co-sponsored by the European Tour, winning A$121,000. Ernie Els won the event, a stroke ahead of Long and Peter Lonard. Long incurred a one-stroke penalty, penalising himself, when his ball moved after he addressed the ball on the 15th green of the final round. He was also third in the Greg Norman Holden International, the Schweppes Coolum Classic and the Ford South Australian Open, and had three other top-10 finishes. Long's runner-up finish in the Johnnie Walker Classic gave him playing opportunities on the European Tour and he played on the tour from