Aug. 31, 2026
A record year, a rebrand and improvements throughout the property are defining this season at the former Spring Creek Golf Course.
The 126-acre, 18-hole course southeast of Sioux Falls changed hands in 2025 as local investment group Fore Score LLC purchased it from the South Dakota Parks & Wildlife Foundation.
“The course has never been in better shape,” said Lisa Grevlos, general manager, whose family is among the ownership. “It is spectacular, and considering the amount of rain this summer, it’s in amazing shape. We’ve been so fortunate to have rain at night, and we’ve not canceled one event out here yet.”
The course will see record rounds and has nearly a full calendar of events already next season from groups rebooking, she said.
“Most days, we have to turn people away because we’re completely booked,” Grevlos said. “We completely filled our membership.”
The public course was built in 1994 and sits along the Big Sioux River adjacent to Good Earth State Park at Blood Run. As part of transitioning owners, it has been rebranded The Creek Golf Course, which Grevlos said also reflects how golfers generally had referred to it.
The new name will be part of a celebration Sept. 1-6 marking the course’s first year under new ownership.
“It’s a grand rebrand,” Grevlos said. “The sign is up, new scorecards will be here, we have merchandise with the new logo. We found the old ownership and members used to call it The Creek and even had hats made (that said it), so it’s an homage to the past and a new start for the future.”
The new owners have been making improvements to the property, beginning with addressing hole No. 12 to return it to a par 4 hole after flooding took out a bridge in 2019. After working through construction plans involving the waterway with government officials, “they have officially said we can go ahead with the plan we have to fix it,” Grevlos said.
Crews will perform bank stabilization, remove concrete culverts displaced by flooding and clean up the area before placing a new wooden one-way cart bridge with railings.
“And then floodwaters can move through it more easily than it did with cement culverts in there, so hopefully it wouldn’t tear the whole thing down, and if parts of it needed to be repaired, the replacement cost is not as expensive,” Grevlos said.
New irrigation has been put in for the hole, so once the bridge is done, the hope is it will be available for play sometime in September.
Course superintendent Jay Rezac in front of the new hole No. 12 irrigation work.
The plan also is to add back tees to The Creek, “so we will lengthen the course and make it a little more challenging for players who have played many years,” Grevlos said.
Next season, the plan is to structure shotgun events to start earlier in the morning to leave a half-day open for the public. New memberships for 2027 will be available at the grand reopening and include options for annual, single, couple, family, weekday and all-day, in addition to punch passes.
“We have been very busy and already have a full calendar,” Grevlos said. “Most events … come back year after year because players love the course, and I think we’re priced right.”
The clubhouse also has seen some updates, including new exterior paint, refreshed bathrooms and updated decor. The owners plan to keep it as is for about five years before rebuilding it into a larger venue to host events, expand food and beverage offerings and include a pro shop.
“We’ve heard a housing development is going in (nearby), so I think this area is exploding with new people and new housing,” Grevlos said, adding that an expanded clubhouse could be a neighborhood draw. “There really isn’t anything other than driving into Harrisburg on this side of town.”