Before driving back down to Chicago's O'Hare airport, Jeff and I walked a few holes at Mammoth Dunes, the resort's second 18-hole course that is scheduled to open for preview play later this season. Keiser commissioned David McLay Kidd, who designed the first course at Bandon Dunes, to work with a more dramatic piece of land than the plot Sand Valley lives upon. Six holes are already complete, and I could quickly tell that Mammoth Dunes will have more striking features than its gentler counterpart. We even saw the makings of the driveable par-4 14th, whose designer was chosen from Golf Digest's Armchair Contest. It's clear to see that hole will be a quintessential risk/reward par 4—as I stood behind the hole, I pictured my drive banking off a huge dune on the right and trickling down about 20 yards short of the green.