How much does it cost to build your own BACKYARD GOLF HOLE?? Cheaper than you think!! 

lol. About 20 years ago my buddy moved into a new house with a big L shaped back yard. We made a par 4 in his yard. There was a pine tree at the bottom of the L shape blocking the direct shot to the green that we made. Therefore we had to lay up then hit the second shot to the green. Everything pitching wedge. lol. The green was only 5ft by 5ft. We made the green by lowering the blades on the lawn mower to their lowest point. We then dug a hole and put a plastic drinking cup in it. We spent plenty of afternoons drinking and playing a faux round of golf. Even betting. lol. Total cost to build was zero dollars. Total fun was tremendous! Enjoy your better version. We had tons of fun with ours.

Bottom line: if you don’t have a ton of property and money then live vicariously through Spud Run Golf and if you have to have a green get a synthetic for about $10,000 and have little to no maintenance for 10 years. This is from somebody who is speaking from experience. I’ve tried to grow a green for 2 years now and there is ALWAYS something going wrong. Herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, fertilizer, drought, mower maintenance, etc etc etc. and that’s AFTER you do all the work of installing the green. I keep doing it because I actually enjoy doing the work but most people think I’m crazy…..including my wife. Great content as always, keep making the videos!

Great video! I built 6 small bent grass greens in my very hilly back yard, added sand traps and turned it into an 18-hole putter only golf course.

Fantastic video. It's something I always wondered about. I could see myself spending all day, every day on my private golf facility. And it's cheaper than a new car. Well worth it!

That is such a great idea. I'd like to see how you could add a water obstacle in front of the tee box. I will definitely be keeping up with your videos. Thank you for all my ideas in my head now.

Your living my dream brother , If there's one thing I love is to practice hitting golf shots great job I'll be keeping track thanks .

Glad this popped up in my feed. I’m watching. Thanks

This is awesome! Currently 21 and work at a golf course on the grounds crew. This is definitely a dream of mine later in life. Love what you’re doing.

Im closing in on 30 years old and you have given me ideas and a future dream. Thank you! Excited to see future videos!

You are living my dream. Keep up the great content.

You are my hero. Love this project. Keep it going !

For a few years I been searching for a video like this to see how much a full size hole would cost. Glad I found you. I'll keep up with the channel to see how you progress.

Wow, this is amazing! I love to see you doing this…as a fellow Ohioan, I’d love to see it sometime. Keep it up!

This is amazing! Great work man.

That is so cool man. You are living like a king!

Absolutely love it. What a great detailed video to show folks what’s involved with building this. We have a baseball complex southwestern Ohio north of Cincinnati. Drain tile, irrigation, and moving tons of dirt last couple years. Much more work ahead. Great job and keep that dream alive

I’m impressed. Congratulations. I hope you inspired someone else to pursue their dreams. I don’t know you but I’m extremely happy to hear your story. Blessings.

Beautifully done!

I've never seen this channel before but that title stole my heart

Good for you sir.... you nailed it right on the head when you said " all my buddies are out buying Harleys and side by sides etc... so in the grand scheme of things.. you come out WAY ahead... Kuddos..

Looks like you're off to a good start there! Nice job!

Absolutely brilliant 👏👌 I live on The West Coast of Scotland and have a spare bit of land with a stream running through it.. This has inspired me to turn it into a putting green. Many thanks Andrew

Love the video. Lived in Columbus all my life recently retired to Florida play golf 3 days a week. Can’t wait to watch your progress

There’s a house between Pine Island and Warwick, New York that has a breathtaking par 3 course in his front yard. Used to pass it on my way to baseball practice 15 years ago. Haven’t passed it since but I believe it is still there and maintained.

This is awesome. The transparency is absolutely great. Keep it up

must say, im impressed by how well done this video was made

This is awesome, I've always wanted just a nice putting green at my home. Seeing you do this it is good great. I hope to see you hit a few balls on this green. I wish you the best, it's always good to see this going on

I love this guy!! This is how to spend money wisely!

Very cool. Thank you for sharing.

This is really cool, I would love to have something like this. I suspect you’ll run out of tee options, but you could easily place another green to the left with a couple of bunkers or a creek running between them that feeds a pond.

so cool man keep it up hope your channel grows so you can build a full 18 holes

Best homemade green I've seen.

This is really cool. I have a farm and live in Alaska right now, but we're planning on moving to Oklahoma next year. I've been toying with the idea of a putting/chipping green and a driving range. I'll have to check out more of your videos.

Just found your channel and just wanted to give you a big compliment on the content and the course!

My neighbors and I talk about turning a section of my backyard into a putting green. When my kiddos get older and I can get rid of their play set, I may just do that! This is awesome of you to do! Much respect to you sir🤙🏽

I worked on golf courses for 35 years, studied Turfgrass Management at NC STATE, very impressed by what this did, very thorough!!

Build tee boxes and greens on each side and use the same fairway. 9 tee boxes on each side and you have yourself 18 “holes” in your own backyard. His way you don’t have to walk back to play more. Can just play in a loop. I’ve had this idea since I was little. Maybe someday 🤔 great work!

Most definitely can respect this!!

Great stuff brother. Looking forward to more videos.

Thank You Soooo Much 😊 I truly appreciate your help and experience. #Priceless

Hope you let people play! That’s awesome!

Hey spud Love this all the way from U.K, I took a career change from being a barber and barber shop owner of 20 years, at the ripe old age of 39 to become a Greenkeeper at my local golf course because of my love and passion for golf spawned from lockdown, really interesting as a newcomer to find out info and see a project develop

Super cool video man, I'd love to have my own backyard golf hole. Looks great and looking forward to what's next man. Subbed and liked 👍👍

That would be a really fun gig .I always have vision of places that could harbor a killer golf hole .

This is awesome!

absolutely fantastic

Super cool project at Spud Run! I’d really enjoy seeing the tee box Locations and yardages!! 👍 Cheers!!

I would do a par 3 with teeboxes on 2 sites. With bunkers and stuff you can create several holes with one green!

Priceless

This channel will be a great success. Keep going with the great content.

That intro with the music 🔥 Keep at it!

This is a dream for me but the problem isn’t making the hole. It’s being able to afford the house and amount of land first. It’s cool to see the process!

Very cool thanks for sharing.

great piece of property !

I'm currently building a pitch & putt course in a cloud forest region in Costa Rica. Shooting some 60 - 70 yard shots sorrounded by highland forest is such a relaxing experience! Greetings from the tropics!

Greens looking great..

Dude this is super Awesome great job been wanting to do the same .

Fantastic video, really broken down well Cheers buddy. It'll be a while before I build my own golf hole/course but I will one day have one 💯👌🏼👍🏼👊🏼👊🏼

This is awesome! I have a bachelors in Turf Management from Penn State and want to do this to my house someday! Looks great! Keep it up man!!

That's just a work of art there brother...I live up in Uniontown on the prestwick country club golf course...As a fellow ohioan my dream house consists of a piece of property very similar to yours...with 25years in as a pipe fitter along with general construction knowledge. After seeing what you been able accomplish you have real lit a fire under my imagination & drive to get the wheels turning in fulfilling said project... BRAVO & Good luck. Looking foward to Seeing your Ideas on different tee box arrangements...

One of my many jobs was a golf course mechanic. there I got to understand how astoundingly complex turf-management is in this capacity. they cut down the greens to 3/16 and 5/32! and it's flat as a board. try getting that on your lawn at home, you can't. it takes massive work to build the green and maintain it with specialized mowers to achieve that level. I always had to ride out and adjust those greens mowers so they would be accurate if they left lines on the grass. then you have all of the chemical and feed treatments, it's not for everyone and it's not as easy as some might imagine, no way. it will be very expensive but awesome to do. 🏁

My home course is currently added by an additional 12 holes. I’m hearing each hole is about $1million dollars. There’s a lot that goes into it! Awesome job!

keep them coming!!!!!!

I'm over here setting up a golf simulator in my garage and this guy built a real hole in his backyard. Sheeesh...

$500 just for the extra fabric layer wow. There's a lot more than meets the eye when it comes to golf courses, cool video

love the content good luck

Dream for sure of mine!!

Staying tuned

Nice bro!!!

This is awsome!!!

Very cool

Top video!

lol - great video I play golf and never knew all that goes into the course, I live in the inner city so this could be something I could not do. I have to laugh, you mentioned you are a small channel with over 6K subs, I cracked 236 finally lol! looking forward to seeing the progress!!

Awesome, been working on my green for years and I'm very afraid to add up the costs. Somehow your video makes me feel so much better. Keep up the amazing work and forget about the cost.lol.

That's awesome man.

Congrats !

This channel is awesome! Found you randomly mentioned in a comments section on another YT video. While I was tempted to jump to your recent content. I started at video #1 and am working my way through from the start of your journey. Really cool to know this place exists in my own “backyard” (Ohio native). Also cool that you and I both got to play with some future PGA winners when we were in HS. I’m a few years younger than you and got to play against Jason Kokrak a bunch of times. Even back then his skill was something special. Thanks for taking the time to put this journey out there for others to appreciate! Absolutely money and time well spent. Can’t wait to binge the rest of your videos.

I've just paid my full 7 day membership fees at my local club in Surrey, UK. We had a big increase this year due to some big projects that need doing. My fees were $1,900 and my club is 2 miles away. I was thinking gosh, that's a lot of money...and now I feel like I got a great deal! OK it's not my own personal property, but I can drop in and out as I please. Though tbh to build your own hole in South East England you'd have to be a millionaire by default as you wouldn't be able to afford a property with any land without shelling out millions. So I guess in England if you have the land you can probably afford the work.

Just subscribed really really cool to see what you have created. When can i come play it? Keep up the good work sir!

Absolutely awesome!!!! I love that Spud Run is in Ohio. O....H...!! Jealous as hell! I'm in Southern Ohio myself and think this is 10 X better than any rental home, Harley, bass boat, snow mobile etc. I can't believe I haven't heard of this project before now. So impressive!!! Hats off to Spud Run!! You'd be the best neighbor possible. 😁

Nice video keep up the good work

Totally Awesome…😊

So cool!!!

I love what you are doing

This is so cool. I've had an artificial green in my backyard for 16 years but it's completely weathered and beaten down. I'd love to put in a real on one day

Sort of why I went for the pasture golf/links style when putting together my own course, like the old timers used to make. The land is unaltered other than regular mowing, and the greens have a bit of sand and the occasional rolling, but that's it. A lot of old-time greens were actually "browns" being just dirt or sand patches, so it's something to consider if you want to ease the complexity and maintenance side of things. It's a bit more rough and ready than the finely manicured complexes we have today, but it serves. Add some hickory clubs, and it's like stepping back in time. If you have a green spot, you can have a course of some kind. I've seen people with very limited space make chippng courses on their lawns or use limited flight balls to drive then regular ones to putt out.

Love it. I'm from Scotland and have played golf all my life,. I've travelled much of Scotland playing and would absolutely love to design my own golf course. Unfortunately the cost of unable land in areas with a reasonable climate here is well outwith my budget. I reckon the only way I could afford to do it is to move to the USA 🇺🇸 and buy me a 150 acre forest. You never know.. we might be neighbours at some point.

I definitely want to do this one day. Probably another decade or so. Maybe in retirement.

Ok I was short a bit. Stripes looking sweet

Definitely money well spent. As for your friends, they get the Harleys, AND they have a buddy with a little golf course!

Oh you also forgot something lining the green with special geofabric, around the sides if you don't you get a wicking affect where the clay soil pulls the moisture out of the root zone, ending up with dry soil and turf issues in the front like you have. If the green falls from front to back, or like any real green falling to any side you should add a smile drain because moisture can build up especially with the geofabric. The smile drain runs along the edge of the front of the green like 6 to 12 inches from the edge, hence giving a smile affect, it catches any water the drainage misses

This is why golf started on mostly links land in UK and Ireland there was almost no costs involved , the sand based land didn't require draining and no need for sprinklers as the was a plentiful supply of water from the sky 🌦☔the greens were basically just mowed out of the end of the fairway the land being naturally smooth having been under water thousands of years ago......

Damn, very nice. I LITERALLY just spent $27,000 on a simulator and a backyard putting green (The launch monitor and software was 20K of that). I barely had enough room to have a 60 ft putting green installed, much less an entire par 4 hole lol I look forward to seeing updates to this!

This is amazing! I was just thinking about this as a future land owner, I mean a guy can dream, right?

You’re living my bloody dream, of course it’s worth the money. Anyone that says otherwise hasn’t worked out life yet.

Good stuff. Subscribed. 👍🏼

Livin’ the dream bro!

There is a guy in the Hamptons where I grew up that built his on a little golf course directly across the street from a golf course the property he used was $1 million an acre. I’m sure there are videos of it on RU-vid. It’s Bridgehampton

Hahahaha I love the hashtag of “Stephen Castaneda needs my help” haha!

Really good