Adam Long, 31, finally gets breakthrough on PGA Tour
Adam Long bounced around golf’s backwoods for years, winning only a lone Hooters Tour event. Now he’s headed to the Masters as a PGA Tour winner.
Long won the Desert Classic on Sunday at PGA West in La Quinta (Riverside County), beating Hall of Famer Phil Mickelson and Adam Hadwin by a stroke with a 14-foot birdie putt on the final hole after a 6-iron approach from an awkward stance.
“In some ways, it’s been a little bit of a roller-coaster, but it’s been a steady improvement throughout my career,” Long, 31, said. “I’ve played in pretty much most tours around the world that there are and just kind of steadily progressed.