Update March 27: Great Shots is closed Friday so the business can figure out its next stepsafter Sioux Falls put limits on how many patrons can be in a business at one time. "With new restrictions in place in Sioux Falls, Great Shots will be closed today while we re-evaluate our plan moving forward during this public health crisis," a Twitter post from the business read. "You can expect an update from us soon. Thank you!"

Earlier story:

While restaurants and bars across Sioux Falls close to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, the golf entertainment facility owned by the the city's biggest health care system has remained open.

Government leaders in Sioux Falls and the rest of the state have yet to mandate closures for non-essential businesses, unlike Minnesota, Iowa and North Dakota.

One of the beneficiaries of that flexibility is Great Shots, owned and operated by Sanford Health and located in the northwestern part of the city on the health care system's sprawling mixed-use development along Interstate 29.

As of Wednesday evening, Great Shots is keeping the lights on. The golf entertainment center has taken escalating steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including closing all of its in-house dining and drinking areas and spreading golfers out across its three stories of bays, said Steve Young, President of Sanford Sports.

"If our ability to open our doors to the community becomes a violation of any law, we will certainly comply," Young said.

Sanford Health has been a regular presence during the series of press conferences held by city officials in the last week, in which Mayor Paul TenHaken has pleaded with community members to use better judgement when going out and thanked several businesses for closing their doors.

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Dr. Mike Wilde, chief medical officer at Sanford USD Medical Center, echoed TenHaken's concerns Tuesday during a meeting of the Sioux Falls Board of Health.

"Think of where this could be, plan within your family, within your community, steps you can continue to do to flatten this curve," Wilde said.

With a spike in positive coronavirus cases Wednesday and the arrival of substantial community spread in Sioux Falls, TenHaken announced he would call on the city health board and city council to set a mandate limiting businesses to fewer than 10 patrons.

Great Shots customers have been doing a good job of following public health guidelines, and as a result the amount of people renting bays to hit balls has dropped in the last couple of weeks, Young said.

"The golfers that we're seeing coming out are being very responsible too," Young said. "They're coming out in twosomes instead of groups of 10 and 12."

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