Joe Passov and Josh Sens of Golf.com break down Mammoth Dunes, how it compares to Sand Valley, and how Sand Valley Golf Resort compares to Bandon Dunes.
"Each is chock full of memorable holes and vistas. Still, if Coore and Crenshaw were motion picture directors, you'd say that they've delivered a popular movie, one that will be a box office smash, but it won't win the Oscar — even though we ranked it No. 52 in the U.S. in 2017, its first year of eligibility. David McLay Kidd's Mammoth Dunes captures the Oscar at Sand Valley. Its scale for the holes at times dwarfs what the original course presents, its shotmaking demands are stronger and it possesses the greater number of individually memorable holes."