David McLay Kidd’s Mammoth Dunes was honored for Sand Valley that year, and the resort’s 17-hole par-3 layout, the Sandbox, captured Golf Magazine's first prize as Best New Short Course of 2018.

As a part of our Top 100 Courses in the U.S. list, we ranked the best courses in the Heartland, which includes Prairie Dunes, The Lido and more.