Dundee Golf Design

Old Barnwell

01 · New course · 2023

Golf course photograph
01/23Jeff Marsh
Location
Aiken County, South Carolina
Type
New course
Holes
18
Year
2023
Status
Open
Role
Co-designer
Collaborators
Brian Schneider
Original design
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Rankings and accolades
No. 51, GOLF Top 100 Courses in the U.S., 2024–25
No. 131, Golf Digest America’s Second 100 Greatest, 2025–26
Runner-up, Best New Private Course, Golf Digest, 2025

For all who love it.

Owner Nick Schreiber looked at more than 60 sites across the Southeast before discovering this sandy ground outside Aiken. Brian Schneider and I thought it to be a piece of land that could not only become a great golf course, but support the mission and programming Nick had in mind. Brian and I routed and built the course together in 2022–2023.

Old Barnwell has grown to three courses: the main 18, a kids course and The Gilroy.

“One superlative green follows another at Old Barnwell. Brian Schneider and Blake Conant crushed it.”Ran Morrissett, Golf Club Atlas
“I would be thrilled to play Old Barnwell every day the rest of my life.”Andy Johnson, The Fried Egg
No. 14 from behind
02/23No. 14 from behind · Andy Johnson
No. 3 green
03/23No. 3 green · Jeff Marsh
Nos. 1 and 2
04/23Nos. 1 and 2 · Jeff Marsh
No. 2 from above
05/23No. 2 from above · Andy Johnson
No. 3
06/23No. 3 · Jeff Marsh
The upper loop from above
07/23The upper loop from above · Andy Johnson
No. 4 from above
08/23No. 4 from above · Jeff Marsh
No. 5 green
09/23No. 5 green · Jeff Marsh
No. 5
10/23No. 5 · Jeff Marsh
No. 7
11/23No. 7 · Jeff Marsh
No. 11
12/23No. 11 · Jeff Marsh
No. 10 from above
13/23No. 10 from above · Jeff Marsh
No. 10
14/23No. 10 · Jeff Marsh
No. 10
15/23No. 10 · Jeff Marsh
No. 10 bunker
16/23No. 10 bunker · Jeff Marsh
No. 14 green from above
17/23No. 14 green from above · Jeff Marsh
No. 15 from above
18/23No. 15 from above · Jeff Marsh
No. 15
19/23No. 15 · Jeff Marsh
No. 16
20/23No. 16 · Jeff Marsh
Nos. 16 and 17
21/23Nos. 16 and 17 · Jeff Marsh
No. 17 green
22/23No. 17 green · Jeff Marsh
Golf course photograph
23/23Jeremy Freeman
Next projectThe Gilroy