Silvies Ranch

Silvies Valley Ranch sits in remote Seneca, in Oregon's high desert between the Painted Hills and Steens Mountain, on land first homesteaded in the 1880s. The Campbell family bought the ranch in 2007 and later commissioned architect Dan Hixson, whose reversible design opened in July 2017. Two eighteen-hole routings, Hankins and Craddock, named for pioneer families, share the same ground but are played in opposite directions on alternating days, using a mix of shared and dedicated greens. Hixson began work around 2010, making it one of America's first modern reversible courses alongside Tom Doak's Loop. The ranch is best known for McVeigh's Gauntlet, a steep seven-hole short course too rugged for carts, where the resort's famous goat caddies carry a few clubs for players. Working cattle and goat operations still surround the golf.