Golf in Plankinton

Plankinton is the Aurora County seat on the James River in south-central South Dakota. The James River valley's agricultural character defines the surrounding landscape, and the county's crop farming and cattle ranching create the economic fabric that sustains Plankinton's modest commercial district. The golf club provides community recreational infrastructure in a county where the main entertainment options are agricultural — the county fair, the hunting seasons, and the community institutions that sustain rural life in central South Dakota's thinly populated interior. Aurora County's agricultural calendar and the county fair create annual gathering points that sustain the community's identity through the decades of demographic change affecting rural South Dakota.