
The Point Course
The Point Golf & Event Center
About this course
The Point Golf & Event Center sits in Elk Point, a small community in the southeastern corner of South Dakota near the confluence of the Big Sioux and Missouri Rivers. Designed by Ronnie Gobel, the course serves this rural region along the Nebraska and Iowa borders, where the landscape transitions from river valley bottomlands to rolling prairie uplands. The terrain in this part of the state offers natural elevation changes and open vistas characteristic of the northern Great Plains. The facility functions as both a golf course and event venue, a common model for smaller communities where the golf operation anchors a broader recreational and social gathering space. Courses in this region typically work with the native grasses and agricultural character of the surrounding countryside, and routing often takes advantage of whatever natural contours and water features exist in the relatively flat terrain. The climate brings warm summers suitable for extended golf seasons and cold winters that limit year-round play. Elk Point itself has a population of roughly two thousand residents, making the course an important recreational asset for the immediate area and nearby towns. The facility likely draws members and daily-fee players from within a thirty- to forty-mile radius, including visitors traveling along Interstate 29, which runs north-south through the region connecting Sioux Falls to Sioux City.
Quick facts
- Location
- Elk Point, SD, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1967
- Designer
- Ronnie Gobel
- Holes
- 9
- Par
- 39
- Length
- 3,240 yards
- Difficulty
- 36.2/110
Getting there
The journey to The Point Golf & Event Center begins at Sioux Falls Regional Airport, roughly an hour's drive north through the gently rolling farmland of southeastern South Dakota. The route follows Interstate 29 as it traces the Big Sioux River valley, eventually peeling west on quiet state highways that cut through cornfields and prairie grass toward the Missouri River bluffs. As you approach Elk Point, the landscape subtly shifts - the flat agricultural expanse giving way to wooded ridges and river breaks - before arriving at this modern golf facility perched above the confluence country where South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa meet.
FAQ
Common questions about The Point
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
The Point was designed by Ronnie Gobel.
Yes. The Point is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at The Point is 39.
The Point plays 3,240 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at The Point is 110.
The Point is a 9-hole course.



