Golf courses by state
South Dakota Golf Courses & Tee Times
South Dakota golf runs east to west, from the city courses in Sioux Falls to the pines of the Black Hills. The South Dakota Golf Association has served the state's golfers since 1921. It has more than 90 member clubs and over 15,000 individual members, and its women's amateur winners go back to 1923. Each year the SoDak Cup matches the state's best amateurs against South Dakota PGA professionals in a Ryder Cup format.
Tee times in South Dakota are easier to get when you know when they open. Yoink watches 25 public golf courses here, grouped into 3 markets: Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota, Rapid City & the Black Hills, St. Cloud & Central Minnesota. Choose a market to see every course, then get an alert when a tee time opens or someone cancels.
South Dakota golf markets
Who runs public golf in South Dakota
The biggest cities own their public golf. Sioux Falls has three courses and 59 holes, and Rapid City owns the Executive nine and sets Meadowbrook's fees through the City Council. Across the state, the SDGA's $45 Golf Discount Card ($20 for members) gets you deals at most public courses, usually pay 9 and play 18. The SDGA runs 30 state events, handicaps and course ratings, and the Junior Tour for ages 8 to 18. Its Junior Golf Foundation backs First Tee – South Dakota and Team South Dakota, and gives up to six $1,500 scholarships each year.
Public courses worth knowing in South Dakota
- Prairie Green Golf Course - Prairie Green: Sioux Falls city 18. The city golf site says Golfweek ranked it second in South Dakota in 2024.
- Spearfish Canyon Golf Club: Founded in 1921, one of the state's oldest clubs, and open to daily-fee players.
- Meadowbrook Golf Club: Rapid City's David Gill parkland course, more than 6,900 yards, with Rapid Creek in play.
- Elmwood Golf Course: Sioux Falls' 27-hole parkland facility with tree-lined fairways and a five-hole par-3 course.
Towns with the most courses
- Sioux Falls · 3
- Spearfish · 2
- Rapid City · 2
- Brandon · 1
- Beresford · 1
- Mitchell · 1
- Aberdeen · 1
- Volga · 1
- Watertown · 1
- Harrisburg · 1
- Wentworth · 1
- Dakota Dunes · 1
- Milbank · 1
- Sturgis · 1
- Custer · 1
- Hot Springs · 1
- Hendricks · 1
Getting a tee time in South Dakota
The season in South Dakota is short, running roughly from late spring into fall, so every good weekend in that window is contested. The first warm Saturdays of the year are the hardest tee times to get.
Each course releases its tee times on its own schedule, commonly a week or two out, with residents of town and county courses often booking first. Leagues, outings and members claim chunks of the sheet in advance, and whatever prime weekend times are left tend to go on release day.
A full tee sheet rarely stays full. Many courses let you cancel without a fee up to 24 or 48 hours before your time, so spots tend to reappear in the last couple of days. A bad forecast shakes more loose, and a foursome that drops to three opens a single. None of it is announced. The time just shows up again on the booking page, and whoever looks first gets it.
Yoink
All 25 courses in South Dakota, watched for you around the clock
Pick the courses you'd play and Yoink keeps an eye on all 25 courses in South Dakota. You see what's open in one place, and you hear about it the moment a time that fits your day, window and group turns up, cancellations included.
Tee times in South Dakota: questions
How do I get tee time cancellation alerts in South Dakota?
Pick your courses in Yoink (25 in South Dakota), set the days, time window and group size you want, and Yoink sends a notification when a matching time opens up. You book directly with the course.
When is golf season busiest in South Dakota?
Demand peaks from late spring through early fall. Weekend mornings are the hardest tee times to get.
When do tee time cancellations usually show up?
Mostly in the 24 to 48 hours before the tee time, as golfers cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline, and whenever the forecast turns.
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- sdga.org · association
- sdga.org · association
- sdga.org · association
- sdga.org · association
- sdga.org · association
- siouxfallsgolf.com · operator
- executivegolf.rcgov.org · government
- spearfishcanyongolf.com · course
- golfatmeadowbrook.com · operator
The best tee times in South Dakota open up at random
Cancellations don't get announced. Yoink watches the sheets around the clock and buzzes your phone when one fits.