Elmwood Golf Course has been a fixture of Sioux Falls public golf for decades, serving as one of the city's most accessible and well-used municipal layouts. Operated by the city's parks and recreation department, it draws a broad cross-section of players — from juniors learning the game to regulars who've walked its fairways hundreds of times. That democratic, community-rooted character is central to what Elmwood is.
Sioux Falls sits in the Big Sioux River valley in the eastern edge of South Dakota, where the terrain rolls gently through open prairie and cottonwood-lined waterways. Elmwood reflects that landscape, playing through mature trees and along natural contours that give it more visual variety than a flat municipal layout might suggest. Seasons here are genuine — warm, sometimes stormy summers and hard winters mean the course earns its play.
For visitors to the region, Elmwood offers a straightforward, honest round of golf without pretense. It's the kind of course where the game itself takes center stage, unencumbered by resort trappings or exclusivity.
