Executive Golfer's Take on 21 Golf Club
A recent issue of Executive Golfer highlighted one of the most architecturally compelling new golf courses in America. Located in the rolling sandhills just outside Aiken, South Carolina, the new private club leans on history to forge a bright future. 21 Golf Club is bringing to life the long-lost vision of legendary architect Dr. Alister MacKenzie.
At the heart of the club is the MacKenzie Course, inspired by MacKenzie’s 1930 design for El Boquerón® in Argentina that was never built. The original concept featured innovative double greens, and the early feedback has been exceptional.
Led by an architectural committee including founder Wes Farrell, architect Brian Zager, renowned shaper Eric Iverson of Renaissance Golf, and golf historian Connor Lewis, the team has ensured every detail honors MacKenzie’s principles of strategy, creativity, and fun. The rumpled, sandy terrain provides the perfect canvas: natural, dramatic, and endlessly playable.
Beyond the course, 21 Golf Club is building a true community, with limited membership, strong values, and a second course already in the works. It’s a modern Southern gentlemen’s club for serious golf enthusiasts who value architecture, camaraderie, and the deeper spirit of the game.
For golf architecture aficionados, 21 Golf Club is quickly becoming one of the most anticipated new private clubs in the country. Pure MacKenzie magic — reborn in the Sandhills.
