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Dakota Dunes Country Club is an 18-hole private golf course in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota.

Designed by Arnold Palmer. It plays 7,165 yards from the Palmer tees, rated 74.8/137 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
7,165
yards (tips)
137
slope (palmer)
The shape of the round · Palmer teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — PALMER TEES516415362169395435465170463395401502432171425161400550152434435464758394104114125134143154163174185PAROUT 3,390 YDSIN 3,437 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Arnold Palmer reported
access
private
address
960 South Dakota Dunes Boulevard, SD, 57049
phone
605-232-3000
elevation
1,088 ft derived
opened
1991

42.48870, -96.49187 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. Hole 8 is mapped without a green. 9 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one. The map below draws everything that has been traced.

187 traced features across 8 layers for Dakota Dunes Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2025 aerial imagery.

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187 traced features across 8 layers for Dakota Dunes Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2025 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
21
Fairways
23
Bunkers
6
Water
17
Greens
77
Tee pads
6,657yds
Palmer tees
550yds
Longest hole
161yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2025-07-28

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

PalmerM727165contested682774.813733903437
TournamentM72650172.113032183279
MemberM72601070.1122
ForwardM72506570.412525122524

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Palmer tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 544344534445434345 72
Palmer 516415362169395435465170463395401502432171425161400550 7,165
Tournament 516365350156395370465170431360401471392150425161400519 6,501
Forward 4222822569630329840712832027732542228191380113259376 5,065
Handicap 713111719515314461218216810

No per-hole yardages are published for Member, so it is not on the card above.

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Dakota Dunes Country Club hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 187 traced features, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Book nearby

Dakota Dunes Country Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Two Rivers Golf Club (1.1 mi, public) · Covington Links Golf Course (2.3 mi, public) · South Ridge Golf Course (4.1 mi, semi-private) · Floyd Park Golf Course (6.1 mi, public)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn South DakotaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest7,165 yds3rd of 33=776th of 12,0251st of 16 in the Sioux City-Le Mars, IA-NE-SD combined area · 291st of 2,954 private courses · =774th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 1372nd of 30=1,696th of 8,710=766th of 2,300 private courses · =1,658th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 74.83rd of 17=670th of 7,615=291st of 2,143 private courses · =666th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,100 yds between tees4th of 29=1,764th of 11,5231st of 14 in the Sioux City-Le Mars, IA-NE-SD combined area · 540th of 2,885 private courses · =1,727th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 199130th of 34=6,412th of 9,368=1,861st of 2,418 private courses · =4,615th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,088 ft derived 36th of 36=2,963rd of 12,43711th of 12 in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area · =545th of 3,026 private courses · =2,022nd of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress3 of 6 built

3 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.17 of the 18 greens are drawn — the rest of the course isn't mapped yet.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-15. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Two Rivers Golf Club

1.1 mi · Dakota Dunes · public · 18 holes

Covington Links Golf Course

2.3 mi · public · 18 holes

South Ridge Golf Course

4.1 mi · South Sioux City · semi-private · 9 holes

Sioux City Country Club

5.7 mi · Sioux City · private · 18 holes

Floyd Park Golf Course

6.1 mi · Sioux City · public · 18 holes

Green Valley Golf Club

8.2 mi · Sioux City · public · 18 holes

Hidden Acres Golf Course

8.6 mi · Sioux City · public · 9 holes

Whispering Creek Golf Club

9.3 mi · Sioux City · public · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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