1997 to 1999. He was 43rd in the Order of Merit in 1997, 84th in 1998 and 131rd in 1999. Long played with Grant Waite in the 1997 World Cup of Golf, the pair finishing in a tie for 9th place. In February 1999 Long won the Greg Norman Holden International at The Lakes Golf Club. Bernhard Langer came to final hole needing par-3 for victory. However he took a triple-bogey 6, Long taking the A$180,000 first prize. In late 1999 Long's career was interrupted after suffering a broken C5 bone in his neck in a boogie boarding accident. After making a recovery he turned his attentions to America and played on the second-tier Buy.com Tour, which became the Nationwide Tour in 2003. He had some success at this level, winning twice, at the 2001 Buy.com Boise Open and the 2003 VB Open, and losing in a playoff for the 2004 Lake Erie Charity Classic. He twice finished high enough in the money list to graduate to the PGA Tour. Playing two full seasons on the main tour, in 2002 and 2005, he was unable to keep his card on either occasion. Long played on the Buy.com/Nationwide Tour from 2000 to 2007 with the exception of his two seasons on the main PGA Tour. By 2008 Long had lost his playing rights on the Nationwide Tour and returned to Australasia. He topped the 2008 Von Nida Tour money list and was tied for third in the 2009 Australian Open. From 2009 Long also played on the OneAsia tour. In 2011 he lost in a four-man playoff for the Nanshan China Masters and he had third-place finishes in the 2009 Midea China Classic and the 2012 Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open. In early 2016, at the age of 47, Long won the Oates Victorian Open after a playoff against Matthew Millar. Millar had birdied the last three holes to force a playoff. At the first playoff hole Long hooked his second shot into long grass but managed to hit the ball to five feet and holed the putt to win the title with a birdie 4. In May 2018, Long won the TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship at Kalgoorlie Golf Course, one stroke ahead of Brody Martin after a final round 64. Since turning 50 Long has played on the Ladbrokes Legends Tour. In 2018 he won Lincoln Place NSW