Jace Long Season 2025-26
(UPDATED 1/28/26)
Jace Long, a Level I PGA Associate and former All-America golfer at Missouri, is in his second season as the assistant LSU men’s golf coach in the 2025-26 season.
LSU’s fall portion of the 2025-26 campaign was one of the finest in program history as the Tigers claimed three team titles out of four tournaments played. The Tigers dominated stroke play at the prestigious Jackson T. Stephens Cup with a 14-under 826 team score before taking down North Carolina in the match play championship by a score of 4-1. Just a week and a half later, the Tigers claimed the second team title with a first-place finish at the Bryan Bros Collegiate with a 35-under 817 before wrapping up the fall with a first-place finish at the Fallen Oak Collegiate Invitational with a 32-under 832 performance. The Tigers were rewarded with the No. 2 ranking in the NCAA standings.
In his first year in Baton Rouge alongside head coach Jake Amos, the Tigers captured four tournament titles in the 2024-25 season, the most titles by a first-year staff in program history. LSU claimed two tournaments in the fall: Visit Knoxville Collegiate and The Blessings Collegiate Invitational before taking two more in the spring with titles at the Louisiana Classics and the Pauma Valley Invitational. In addition to the four team wins, five Tigers earned individual wins across 12 tournaments played across the season.
Individually, the Tigers had a plethora of accolades. Algot Kleen, a senior transfer from East Tennessee State, shined in his lone season in Baton Rouge. He earned 2025 SEC Newcomer of the Year, first team All-SEC, second team Golfweek All-American, and final spots of 16th in the NCAA Scoreboard rankings and 10th place in the PGA Tour University rankings. He averaged 70.06 for 33 stroke play rounds this season, second best average for an LSU singles season behind the 70.047 of Sam Burns in the 2016-17 season.
Kleen was joined by freshman Arni Sveinsson in helping Amos lead the Tigers to a strong first season at the helm. Sveinsson, one of the top freshmen in the country, finished the year ranked 22nd in the NCAA Scoreboard rankings with a stroke average of 70.25 which is third best in school history behind Sam Burns (2016-17) and Kleen (2024-25). He posted 27 rounds of par or under with a win and five top five finishes. He was named second team All-SEC, Golfweek third team All-American, and one of five players named to the GCAA Freshman Team. He posted an 82.3%-win percentage against the field in his freshman campaign.
Long joined the LSU program after three seasons at Marquette where he served as assistant coach for two years before a promotion to associate head coach in 2023-24. In three years at Marquette, Long mentored players who combined to account for 12 All-Big East Conference honors, including the 2023-24 Big East Golfer of the Year Max Lyons.
Long, along with Marquette head coach Steve Bailey, were honored as the 2022-23 Big East Coaching Staff of the Year after the Golden Eagles won the conference title and appeared in an NCAA Regional. Marquette finished fourth in the Big East Championships this season.
Marquette golfers claimed Big East medalist honors in 2021 and 2023 under Long. In 2024, Marquette’s Josh Robinson finished third in the conference championships and earned First-Team All-Big East honors.
Prior to joining the Marquette staff, Long served as an assistant golf professional and player development coach in The Colony, Texas, at the Golf Clubs at the Tribute.
The native of Dixon, Missouri, was a professional golfer from 2013-20 after finishing up an all-America career at the University of Missouri.
As a professional golfer, Long made multiple appearances on the Web.com Tour with a top showing of seventh place at Wichita’s Air Capital Classic in 2013. He won the Missouri Open Championship that same year. Long also competed on the PGA Tour Canada in 2015 and earned multiple top-10 finishes on the All Pro Tour.
While at Mizzou, Long was ranked as high as No. 13 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and reached first in the College Golf ranking during his senior year. He won the NCAA Southeast Regional individual event in 2011 as a sophomore. He was a three-time PING All-Region selection, earned first-team all-conference honors in both 2012 and 2013, and earned his all-America honors in 2011.
Long claimed a school record 11 individual titles and captained 14 team titles during his collegiate career and was one of four collegiate men’s golfers to represent the United States at the 2011 World University Games, finishing 15th overall.
Long graduated from Missouri in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in general studies and was a two-time academic honor roll selection.