EdgeBrook Golf Course

Brookings sits in the heart of eastern South Dakota's prairie country — a college town anchored by South Dakota State University, where the land opens wide and the sky feels enormous. Golf here means playing in that expansive, windswept landscape, where a calm morning can turn breezy by the back nine and club selection becomes as much about reading the air as reading the green.

EdgeBrook is Brookings' municipal course, meaning it serves the whole community — students, families, retirees, and serious players alike. That kind of public mission tends to produce courses with an unpretentious, welcoming character: affordable, accessible, and genuinely used. A par 70 layout suggests a tighter, more target-minded design than a traditional par 72, rewarding accuracy over raw power and giving shorter hitters a real chance to compete.

The northern Plains don't produce dramatic elevation changes, but they offer their own kind of challenge — firm turf, persistent wind, and greens that reward players who understand pace and angle. EdgeBrook is the kind of place where local knowledge pays off.