South Dakota
Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota Golf Courses & Tee Times
Sioux Falls owns its public golf: three courses and 59 holes under the Sioux Falls Golf name, from 27-hole Elmwood to the prairie layout at Prairie Green and the par-30 nine at Kuehn Park. The South Dakota Golf Association is based in town too, and Sioux Falls players fill its record book. Ryan Jansa won four straight state amateurs from 1993 to 1996, and Kris Tschetter won four straight women's titles from 1983 to 1986.
Can't get a tee time in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota? Yoink watches 16 public courses, from Sioux Falls, Brandon, Beresford, Mitchell and Aberdeen. Pick your courses, set the day and time you want, and get a notification when a tee time opens, cancellations included.
The longest layout here is Broadland Creek National Golf Course at 7,100 yards; there are 4 nine-hole courses.
Who runs public golf in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota
The city owns Elmwood, Prairie Green and Kuehn Park, and Landscapes Golf Management runs them day to day. One season pass covers all three: the 2026 All City All Time pass is $1,195, with cheaper weekday, senior (65+), Young Executive (24 to 40), student and youth tiers, and golfers 85 and over play free. Cart and range passes also work at every course. The SDGA's $45 discount card takes $3 off nine holes at Kuehn Park on weekdays.
Public courses worth knowing in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota
- Prairie Green Golf Course - Prairie Green: The city's 18-hole prairie course. The city golf site says Golfweek ranked it second in South Dakota in 2024, and it hosted the 2009 SoDak Cup.
- Elmwood Golf Course: 27 holes of tree-lined parkland golf with domed greens, plus a five-hole par-3 course.
- Kuehn Park Golf Course: Par-30 executive nine in southwest Sioux Falls with a driving range and two practice greens. Good for a quick nine or a first round.
Booking tee times in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota: the local rules
Elmwood takes 18-hole tee times online up to seven days ahead, or by phone at (605) 367-7092, and you pay at the course. Singles can get paired into an open group. Outings can be booked up to a year out.
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Booking windows decide who gets first pick. After that, times come back one at a time as plans change. Yoink watches all 16 courses in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota and tells you when a time that fits comes back, so you're not refreshing the page all week.
16 courses in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota
Beresford
Brandon
Dakota Dunes
Harrisburg
Milbank
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Elmwood Golf Course
The city's oldest muni, in play since 1923: tree-lined parkland with domed greens, rebuilt nine by nine between 2013 and 2016.
Kuehn Park Golf Course
The area's only public executive layout: par 30, easy to walk, with a range and two practice greens. The 9th doglegs left past a pond.
Prairie Green Golf Course - Prairie Green
Dick Nugent's prairie links: wetlands, native grass, and a par-5 15th that ends over a pond. On Golf Digest's Best New Affordable Courses list in 1996.
Watertown
Wentworth
Other
Broadland Creek National Golf Course
Water borders ten of the eighteen. The longest par five runs 544 yards.
Lake Region Golf Club
Lake Region Golf Club is an 18-hole regulation course in South Dakota, playing to par 72 across 6,442 yards.
Madison Golf & Country Club
Water borders eleven of the eighteen — the long par three plays 199 yards.
Why tee times in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota are hard to get
Golfers in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota get maybe six months of good weather, and they all want the same weekend mornings. Demand bunches up from May to September.
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.
When tee time cancellations happen
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.
How to get a tee time in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota
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Yoink watches all 16 courses in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota for you. The open tee times sit in one place instead of a dozen booking pages, and your phone buzzes the moment one fits your day, time window and group, cancellations included.
Doing it by hand? Here's what works.
- Know the booking window. Find out how many days ahead each course releases times, and whether residents get an earlier window. Be ready the morning it opens.
- Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
- Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
- Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
- Keep a quicker course in your back pocket. Nine-hole and executive courses are easier to get on and play faster. Around here that includes Bridges at Beresford Golf Course, Kuehn Park Golf Course and Meadow Creek Golf Course.
Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked
Tee times in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota: questions
How do I get notified when a tee time opens up in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota?
Set a watch in Yoink for the courses you want, the days you can play, a time window and the number of players. Yoink checks those tee sheets every few minutes and sends a notification as soon as a matching time appears, cancellations included. You book it directly with the course.
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 weather forecast changes. They appear without notice and tend to be rebooked quickly.
How far in advance can you book a tee time in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota?
It depends on the course. Many public courses open bookings 7 to 14 days ahead, and town or county courses often give residents an earlier window. Each course's own booking page has its policy.
When is golf busiest in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota?
Demand is highest from late spring through early fall. Weekend mornings are always the hardest tee times to get.
Which courses in Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota are quickest to play?
Nine-hole and executive courses such as Bridges at Beresford Golf Course, Kuehn Park Golf Course and Meadow Creek Golf Course take less time and are usually easier to book.
Does Yoink book the tee time for me?
No. Yoink tells you when a time opens; you book it with the course on its own booking page, at the course's price, with no extra fee.
More golf in South Dakota
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- St. Cloud & Central Minnesota · 1 courses
Just across the state line
Markets with courses within 25 miles of a course here.
- Sioux Falls & Eastern South Dakota, IA · 1 courses
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Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- siouxfallsgolf.com · operator
- siouxfallsgolf.com · operator
- sdga.org · association
- siouxfallsgolf.com · operator
- siouxfallsgolf.com · operator
- sdga.org · association
- sdga.org · association
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