The view from the 10th fairway at Tatanka. “This always is an architect’s dream, not trying to squeeze in or find 18 holes,” designer Paul Albanese said. Fenced-in buffalo graze next to the 13th hole.

The Santee National Golf Club has been working for a year and a half to obtain money to reinforce its pond’s dam, according to Mayor Donnie Hilliard. That task took on renewed urgency after a ...