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Plan Your Sioux Falls Golf Trip in 60 Seconds

Award-winning city golf and an underrated bar scene

Sioux Falls runs three award-winning municipal courses — led by Prairie Green, voted #2 in South Dakota — plus a strong public slate, all for buddy-trip prices. Add a genuinely good downtown restaurant-and-brewery district and the namesake waterfalls, and it's a sneaky-great eastern-Dakota golf base.

4
courses
Summer, Fall
best season
FSD
15 min drive
50–200k
town size
The rota

Courses

Prairie Green Golf CoursePremiumBEST VALUE

Voted #2 course in South Dakota — a long, links-influenced city championship course at a muni price

$40–$70
Par 72 · 7,200 yds
links · walkable
Willow Run Golf CourseSolidBEST VALUE

4-star Golf Digest muni rambling through rolling hills east of town — scenery plus a fair test

$35–$60
Par 70 · 6,520 yds
parkland · walkable
Elmwood Golf CourseSolidLOCALS' FAVORITE

Sioux Falls's classic 27-hole parkland muni — tree-lined, domed greens, and great value

$30–$55
Par 72 · 6,900 yds
parkland · walkable
Central Valley Golf Course (Hartford)SolidBEST VALUE

Well-regarded daily-fee track just west of the city to round out a multi-day trip

$30–$50
Par 72 · 6,850 yds
parkland · walkable
Base camp

Where to Stay

houseSleeps 8–16

$180–$450 /night

Suburban Sioux Falls rentals near the courses and downtown

full kitchendeckgrillgame roomfire pit
houseSleeps 8–14

$150–$350 /night

Downtown / Phillips Avenue area homes for a crew that wants nightlife at the door

full kitchendeckgrill
The table

Dining

Minervas

$$$
steakhouse

Sioux Falls's long-standing upscale steakhouse — the group's big-night anchor

Bread & Circus Sandwich Kitchen

$$
casual

Award-winning downtown sandwich spot for an easy lunch between rounds

Parker's Bistro

$$$
upscale

Downtown fine-dining bistro for a nicer smaller-group dinner

JL Beers / Phillips Avenue Diner

$$
casual

Burgers, beers, and a retro diner downtown — easy group-friendly stops

After the round

Nightlife

Phillips Avenue district

Late night
cocktail

Sioux Falls's walkable downtown nightlife strip — bars, patios, and live music

Fernson Brewing / Remedy Brewing

brewpub

Sioux Falls's flagship craft breweries with big taprooms for a group night

Wiley's Tavern

Late night
dive

Downtown dive with cheap beer and a deep tap wall — easy late-night option

Off days

Activities

Big Sioux River kayaking

kayaking2-3 hours$25–$55/pp

Paddle the Big Sioux and see Falls Park — the city's namesake cascades — on a rest-day morning

Eastern SD sporting clays & shooting

shootinghalf day$60–$160/pp

Sporting clays and pheasant-country shooting ranges around Sioux Falls

Downtown brewery & distillery crawl

distillery2-3 hours$25–$60/pp

Fernson, Remedy, and Obstinate Daughter distillery along the Phillips Avenue corridor

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