Long Island legend

Ann Enstine, shown here in 1999 at the Southampton Golf Club, has won at least one club title in each of the past seven decades. Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association
When Ann Enstine lifted the winner’s trophy at Southampton Golf Club in 2023, she celebrated a notable achievement: her 50th club championship. The living legend of Long Island women’s golf marked the milestone with gusto but otherwise pretty much took it all in stride. After all, her championships started piling up before America landed Neil Armstrong on the moon.
“I’ve been playing tournaments since the 1960s,” she said.
And in each of the past seven decades, she has won at least one club title.
Twelve of those championships, including the first one in 1967 and the 50th last year, came at Seth Raynor-designed Southampton. She also captured an incredible 33 titles at five-time U.S. Open venue Shinnecock Hills about a mile down the road, and five times at Meadow Brook Club, an hour away. She has won more than one club championship in a year several times and held all thr...