Welcome to "Golf Life."
We have an amazing show for you today.
A little later in the show, we're gonna head west, that way, to Las Vegas, Nevada, but
right now, we're in Austin, Texas, at the home of Dave Pelz.
Let me tell you -- if you're gonna talk about the golf lifestyle for a minute, you really
want to talk about a person who's dedicated their life to golf?
That's Dave Pelz.
This is his home here in Austin, and he has eight holes that are built out of synthetic
turf that Dave and his son, Eddie, designed themselves.
Let's tell you that story right now on "Golf Life."
♪♪♪♪ >> I've lived on golf courses all my life.
And my son, who built this backyard, said, "You're no longer living on a golf course.
You're living on golf."
>> It took over our business, in a lot of ways, for about two years.
He became obsessed with it.
>> If I had known how great this was, this life -- living on golf -- It's very, very
different than living on a golf course.
It is the greatest thing in the world to get up in the morning and come out here and have
coffee, I mean, without even having a golf club.
I can putt in my backyard, in my greens, with my skivvies on.
I don't have to dress for anybody.
>> It's been one of the joys of my working life with my father to see this dream come
true for him.
Not many people have the vision to design this.
And then to do it tested another level of gutsiness.
And then have it work out and stand the test of time.
I mean, this is the sixth year of its existence, in this hot Texas summers.
And it's just been awesome to stand behind it and see it.
>> I had a design.
And then he actually came up with the idea, "Why don't you -- Instead of having this particular
funky-looking shape here as a target --" 'Cause I was designing everything first.
First time I ever designed this yard, in my mind, before we ever started the house, I
thought, "Target areas with feedback.
I want to know if I'm a foot long or a yard long or 2 yards long or 10 yards long or same
thing short."
And, so, I had water everywhere and sand, little, bitty strips and stuff.
And he said, "Well, that really looks weird.
Why don't you make really good-looking greens?"
And, together, we said, "Why don't we make greens -- the best greens in the world?"
I mean, I've been all over the world with this game.
I love golf.
I've been in it for years and years.
So, I picked my favorite greens, and then we said, "Well, look, this one would fit here."
Green 1 is 13 Augusta.
Green 2 is 17 TPC, the island green you see behind me.
We're here at 13 at Pebble, is over my right shoulder.
Around the corner here is 14 at Augusta, with Rae's Creek going in front of it.
Then we've got 17 at Pebble Beach, with the funny bunny bunker on the left and the two-green-type
system connected in the middle.
Then we've got St. Andrews, the "Road Hole," down here.
And then, around the corner, we've got a hole inspired by Whistling Straits, with a bunker
that runs up the middle.
So, of course, we shrunk everything, but we gave it a similar look.
And we incorporated three turf styles -- putting turf, fairway turf, and rough -- to create
the look and feel of those places.
>> You don't need to have a backyard like I have.
If you had one target green or if you had these little target wedge distances -- You
know, I've built every aspect of my game.
I can do sand.
I can do chipping, low-running chips.
I can do high, soft flop shots.
I can do normal pitch shots and wedges.
Everything in golf -- over water, over sand.
It's just -- Out of rough, out of fairway, off tight lies.
I have every lie mixed in from every distance.
Any guy that's really a golfer at heart would love to have golf in their backyard, live
on golf, get as close to it as you can.
And the fact that it's even better than living right next to a golf course, because the neighbors
all get mad at you.
I mean, I've lived next to golf courses.
When I snuck out on the course, people would report me.
And, "Oh, Pelz is in the bunker again" or "he's hitting putts.
He's trekking up our greens."
And, of course, they're always cutting the thing.
The mowers make an incredible noise.
Nobody cuts my grass.
My grass is cut exactly the right height every morning.
It's freshly watered.
There's no water out here, except my little streams.
I love the little gurgle of ripping water.
I love that.
But it's a perfect place to live if you're a golfer.
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