Graduated from Houston in the spring of 2021 with a degree in economics.
COLLEGIATE HONORS
• 2x GCAA/PING All-Central Region Team (2019-20 and 2021-22)
• 2022 All-SEC (2nd Team)
• 2022 Srixon/Cleveland Golf NCAA Division I All-America Scholar
• 2017-18 All-Southern Conference (1st Team)
• 2017-18 Southern Conference Honor Roll
• 2016-17 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year
• 2016-17 All-Ohio Valley Conference (1st Team)
• 2020-21 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2021-22 (Graduate Sr. at Arkansas)
Named GCAA/PING All-Central Region and second team All-SEC ... Srixon/Cleveland Golf NCAA Division I All-America Scholar ... Finished the year 29th on the PGA University ranking ... Second on the team with. a71.97 stroke average and led the team with four eagles as well as having 10 rounds in the 60's ... Won his first collegiate event - the Blessings Collegiate Invitational - by firing a season-best, 11-under 205 (67-67-71) on his home course, also helping Arkansas cruise to the team title ... Went 3-1 at the SEC Fall Match Play as the Razorbacks won the championship ... Had an impressive spring campaign ... Started the season with back-to-back top-6 finishes ... Tied for sixth at the Arizona Intercollegiate with a 9-under 207 ... Open the tourney with a 75 and was in 65th place ... Rocketed up the leaderboard over the final 36 holes with a 67 and career-low 65 ... Next, tied for fourth (-4 / 212) at the Watersound Invitational (72-70-70) ... Posted impressive rounds of 69-70-68 for a 5-under 208 to finish T-24th at the Cabo Collegiate ... Followed that with rounds of 69-71-68 (-8) to tie for 11th at the Arizona N.I.T. ... Tied Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira by being the low man 13 times and was second on the team by being the low man at an event five times ...
2020-21 (Sr. at Houston)
Played in all eight events for the Cougars and posted a 73.35 scoring average ... Was second on the team with nine rounds of par or better ... Tied for 34th at the NCAA Kingston Springs Regional (71-73-72=26/+3) and helped Houston to a ninth-place finish ... Recorded a T-5th finish at the HBU Colin Montgomerie Invitational (74-72-71=217) and he fired a 66 en route to an 11th-place finish at the Bayou City Collegiate (71-66-76=213/-3) ... Summer 2021: Won his second Arkansas Amateur Championship with a 7-under-par 205 (68-70-67).
2019-20 (RJr. at Houston)
Named to the PING All-Central Region team ... Team leading in scoring average (70.71), rounds of par or better (15) and rounds in the 60's (8) ... One of two Cougars to compete in starting lineup of all team-scoring tournaments ... Posted a score of 3-under 210 to tie for 12th overall and tie for the team lead at Trinity Forest Invitational at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas ... Posted three straight rounds in the 60s, including a final-round 66, to lead the Cougars and finish third at the White Sands Invitational at 13-under 203 ... Lowered his score with each round on way to 10th-place finish at All-American Intercollegiate ... Finished in a tie for fourth at Border Olympics at Max Mandel Golf Course ... Tied for the team lead with a score of 215 to tie for 29th at Cabo Collegiate ... Summer 2020: Finished second at Arkansas Amateur Championship (6-70-67) ... Had rounds of 72-74 in stroke play at the U.S. Amateur but missed the cut to advance to match play.
2018-19 (Jr. at Houston)
Sat out as a redshirt due to NCAA transfer rules. Summer of 2019: Qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship and carded rounds of 76-70 but did not advance to match play.
2017-18 (So. at UTC)
All-Southern Conference selection at Chattanooga ... Started all 11 tournaments ... Score counted 29 times in 32 rounds ... Led team with 73.47 stroke average and par-5 scoring (4.80) ... Played par or better on 76.9 percent of his holes ... Earned three Top-10 finishes with a pair of Top-5s ... Tied for fourth at the Wolfpack Fall Invite ... Finished fifth at the Ryman Hospitality Intercollegiate while tying for eighth at the East Bay Deli Classic ... Tied for the team lead with 13 par or better rounds and four in the 60's ... Low round of the year was 5-under 66 to close out play at the Ryman ... Recorded six top-20 finishes ... Second on the team with four eagles ... Led team with 108 birdies, including a tournament-high 15 birdies at the Wolfpack ... Member of Dean’s List, Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and Southern Conference Honor Roll ... Summer: of 2018: Won the 2018 Arkansas Amateur Championship
2016-17 (Fr. at SIUE)
Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville ... Member of All-Ohio Valley Conference first team ... Earned three Top-10 finishes, including one Top-5 ... Season-best fourth-place finish at OVC Championships ... Led team with 73.5 scoring average ... Season low round was 69 ... Top 54-hole total was 211 at Loyola Intercollegiate.
Fayetteville HS
Captured 2015 Arkansas 7A state championship as a senior ... Led Bulldogs to a third straight team title ... Won 2013 Arkansas overall state championship in the one-day event encompassing all seven high school classes in the state ... Finished as the runner-up at that event in 2015.
Personal
Full name is Luke Elliot Long... Born in Fayetteville, Ark... Son of John and Kara Long.
COLLEGIATE HONORS
• 2x GCAA/PING All-Central Region Team (2019-20 and 2021-22)
• 2022 All-SEC (2nd Team)
• 2022 Srixon/Cleveland Golf NCAA Division I All-America Scholar
• 2017-18 All-Southern Conference (1st Team)
• 2017-18 Southern Conference Honor Roll
• 2016-17 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year
• 2016-17 All-Ohio Valley Conference (1st Team)
• 2020-21 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2021-22 (Graduate Sr. at Arkansas)
Named GCAA/PING All-Central Region and second team All-SEC ... Srixon/Cleveland Golf NCAA Division I All-America Scholar ... Finished the year 29th on the PGA University ranking ... Second on the team with. a71.97 stroke average and led the team with four eagles as well as having 10 rounds in the 60's ... Won his first collegiate event - the Blessings Collegiate Invitational - by firing a season-best, 11-under 205 (67-67-71) on his home course, also helping Arkansas cruise to the team title ... Went 3-1 at the SEC Fall Match Play as the Razorbacks won the championship ... Had an impressive spring campaign ... Started the season with back-to-back top-6 finishes ... Tied for sixth at the Arizona Intercollegiate with a 9-under 207 ... Open the tourney with a 75 and was in 65th place ... Rocketed up the leaderboard over the final 36 holes with a 67 and career-low 65 ... Next, tied for fourth (-4 / 212) at the Watersound Invitational (72-70-70) ... Posted impressive rounds of 69-70-68 for a 5-under 208 to finish T-24th at the Cabo Collegiate ... Followed that with rounds of 69-71-68 (-8) to tie for 11th at the Arizona N.I.T. ... Tied Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira by being the low man 13 times and was second on the team by being the low man at an event five times ...
2020-21 (Sr. at Houston)
Played in all eight events for the Cougars and posted a 73.35 scoring average ... Was second on the team with nine rounds of par or better ... Tied for 34th at the NCAA Kingston Springs Regional (71-73-72=26/+3) and helped Houston to a ninth-place finish ... Recorded a T-5th finish at the HBU Colin Montgomerie Invitational (74-72-71=217) and he fired a 66 en route to an 11th-place finish at the Bayou City Collegiate (71-66-76=213/-3) ... Summer 2021: Won his second Arkansas Amateur Championship with a 7-under-par 205 (68-70-67).
2019-20 (RJr. at Houston)
Named to the PING All-Central Region team ... Team leading in scoring average (70.71), rounds of par or better (15) and rounds in the 60's (8) ... One of two Cougars to compete in starting lineup of all team-scoring tournaments ... Posted a score of 3-under 210 to tie for 12th overall and tie for the team lead at Trinity Forest Invitational at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas ... Posted three straight rounds in the 60s, including a final-round 66, to lead the Cougars and finish third at the White Sands Invitational at 13-under 203 ... Lowered his score with each round on way to 10th-place finish at All-American Intercollegiate ... Finished in a tie for fourth at Border Olympics at Max Mandel Golf Course ... Tied for the team lead with a score of 215 to tie for 29th at Cabo Collegiate ... Summer 2020: Finished second at Arkansas Amateur Championship (6-70-67) ... Had rounds of 72-74 in stroke play at the U.S. Amateur but missed the cut to advance to match play.
2018-19 (Jr. at Houston)
Sat out as a redshirt due to NCAA transfer rules. Summer of 2019: Qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship and carded rounds of 76-70 but did not advance to match play.
2017-18 (So. at UTC)
All-Southern Conference selection at Chattanooga ... Started all 11 tournaments ... Score counted 29 times in 32 rounds ... Led team with 73.47 stroke average and par-5 scoring (4.80) ... Played par or better on 76.9 percent of his holes ... Earned three Top-10 finishes with a pair of Top-5s ... Tied for fourth at the Wolfpack Fall Invite ... Finished fifth at the Ryman Hospitality Intercollegiate while tying for eighth at the East Bay Deli Classic ... Tied for the team lead with 13 par or better rounds and four in the 60's ... Low round of the year was 5-under 66 to close out play at the Ryman ... Recorded six top-20 finishes ... Second on the team with four eagles ... Led team with 108 birdies, including a tournament-high 15 birdies at the Wolfpack ... Member of Dean’s List, Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and Southern Conference Honor Roll ... Summer: of 2018: Won the 2018 Arkansas Amateur Championship
2016-17 (Fr. at SIUE)
Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville ... Member of All-Ohio Valley Conference first team ... Earned three Top-10 finishes, including one Top-5 ... Season-best fourth-place finish at OVC Championships ... Led team with 73.5 scoring average ... Season low round was 69 ... Top 54-hole total was 211 at Loyola Intercollegiate.
Fayetteville HS
Captured 2015 Arkansas 7A state championship as a senior ... Led Bulldogs to a third straight team title ... Won 2013 Arkansas overall state championship in the one-day event encompassing all seven high school classes in the state ... Finished as the runner-up at that event in 2015.
Personal
Full name is Luke Elliot Long... Born in Fayetteville, Ark... Son of John and Kara Long.