Christopher Herlihy "Hurly" Long (born 21 July 1995) is a German

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who plays on the

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. He won the 2020 Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil on the

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Amateur career

Long attended

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from 2015 to 2018, having been a freshman at the

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in 2014/15. He won the 2017 Carmel Cup after a playoff, which included a second-round 61 to set a new course record at

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. He was part of the German team in three Eisenhower Trophy tournaments: 2014, 2016 and 2018.

Professional career

Long turned professional at the start of 2019 and played on the

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in his first year as a professional. He had a successful season, winning the Raiffeisen Pro Golf Tour St. Pölten in July after a final round of 60. During the season he was also runner-up three times, third twice and had 7 other top-10 finishes. He won the Order of Merit and gained a place on the

for 2020. Long had little success on the

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until he won the Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil in early October, an event reduced to 54 holes by bad weather. Long won with a birdie at the second hole of a playoff.

Personal life

Long was born on 21 July 1995, in

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...

, Germany to an American father and a German mother. His father Ted Long is a former Challenge Tour player who later became a teaching professional, while his mother Susanna was a flight attendant. His father started to show him golf videos when he was two weeks old, and he began playing the game at the age of two.

Amateur wins

*2013 Doral-Publix Junior Classic 16–18 *2016 German International Amateur Championship *2017 The Carmel Cup Source:

Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

*''Note: The 2020 Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.'' Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

Pro Golf Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Germany):

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Arnold Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup is an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers. It is named for Arnold Palmer. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The ...

(representing the International team):

European Amateur Team Championship The European Amateur Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association which was introduced in 1959. The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...

(representing Germany):

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Long, Hurly German male golfers Olympic golfers for Germany Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Oregon Ducks men's golfers Texas Tech Red Raiders men's golfers Sportspeople from Heidelberg 1995 births Living people 21st-century German sportsmen