In a private club in South Carolina, the terrain is broken into a course inspired by an Alister Mackezie design that was never built.
Translation
It is difficult to mistake a golf field wrong. But golf field plans? They are more likely to lose. This is what happened, however, with a plan drawn by one of the greatest architects of all time.
In 1930, Alister Mackezie, British designer of such courses known as National Augusta, Selvia And Royal Melbourne sketched his ambitions for El Boquerón, an innovative urban plan he had dreamed of for a wealthy family in Argentina.
His concept required an 18 -hole course with nine common greens, each contoured and cleverly protected. It was a bold idea, but the economic consequences of depression prevented the course from ever being built. For decades, Mackezie’s drawings were believed to have been lost. But since then they have reappeared. And now, nearly a century after it was first conceived, the course has gone beyond the planning stages. The land is broken into a tribute to El Boquerón.
This time, the location is not South America. It is South Carolina and ownership is not a Argentine family, but 21 Club, a high -level private area in Sandhills east of Aiken, where construction began this week at what the club is calling MacKenzie course.
Translation
Unlike LidoIn Wisconsin, a laborious recreation from Tom doak of a fantastic CB MacDonald design in Long Island, the Mackezie course is not thought to be a clone of the original. Instead, it is intended as an interpretation, loyal to the Mackezie itinerary in El Boquerón, but adapted to his Sandhill surroundings and an extended championship trail so that the course can be played in his Epoka yard golden or a modern length, or a hybrid of both.
“We understand the responsibility that comes with a project like this,” said Wes Farrell, the founder of 21 Club, in a notice that announced the news. “Our goal is to honor the vision of Alister MacKenzie by carefully adjusting it to our site.”
To oversee the project, the club gathered a committee of experts Alister Mackezie, including architect Brian Zager, whose resume includes collaborations with DOAK in The Lido. The work is guided by the re -discovered plans of El Boquerón, as well as his writings and other archival materials.
The course is scheduled to be completed on an undetermined date in 2026. When opened, it will be the first of two 18 -hole designs to 21 Club. The second will be a course called The Hammer, specially created for the game of matches by Rob Collins and the King of King Collins Golf.
All of this is part of a recent outbreak of private golf development in the southeast, extending through Carolina Sandhills and Georgia, which includes properties such as The Tree Farm, Old Barnwell, Bromsedge and Fall Line Golf Club. In accordance with the target high -level market, 21 clubs also have plans for a more recent performance center and rich cabins owned by members as well as a short family -friendly course.
