Golf in Brookings

Brookings is the home of South Dakota State University, the state's largest university, and the center of South Dakota's agricultural research and education infrastructure. SDSU's Jackrabbit athletic programs, college of agriculture, and extension service network give Brookings an academic character unusual for a city of its size. The downtown has benefited from university-driven investment with restaurants, coffee shops, and retail serving students and faculty, and Brookings County's surrounding farmland creates the agricultural-academic landscape that defines this eastern South Dakota city. The Jackrabbit athletic programs create significant community identity and home game energy that transforms Brookings into a vibrant small city on game weekends.