GOLF coach Dave Pelz has built what has been dubbed the ‘world’s greatest backyard’, which includes four iconic golf holes.

The legendary coach has worked with some of golf’s greatest names, including Phil Mickelson and Patrick Reed as well as over 20 other major championship winners.

Pelz is considered one of the best short game experts in the world and charges players £25,000 PER DAY for coaching lessons.

The coach has written eight books on his specialist area of golf, including a No.1 best seller on the New York Times best-seller list.

He has now built a four-acre practice area in his own backyard in Austin, Texas, where he can carry out lessons for the stars so they are fully prepared for the biggest stages of golf.

He revealed that he had the idea for the build after becoming “tired” of travelling to meet his students.

On Golf Course Architecture, he said: “I was tired of travelling all over the country to meet my pros and help them with their games. I had an idea that if I could create the perfect space for them to practice, they would come to me.

“I didn’t have the time or attention to take care of a full short game grass facility here at home, so I turned to artificial turf – maybe it was possible to get it as good as the real thing?

“Back then, artificial turf for golf was in rough shape, but I saw the potential.”

The garden includes replicas of the 17th holes at Pebble Beach and TPC Sawgrass as well as the twelfth at Augusta, which was requested by Mickelson.

Pelz has argued that the facility will allow people to try “every shot you can hit on earth from 100 yards and under”.

The former NASA rocket engineer worked with SYNLawn to create bespoke putting and chipping turfs.

They are expected to last 20 years as the SYNLawns HeatBlock technology helps keep the turf cool, helping with realism.

Pelz added: “The artificial turf was no benefit to me if it didn’t play like a real grass green.

“That was the majority of our work, to create a subsurface technology I developed which sits under the turf called ShotStopper.

“That coupled with the turf and gave us the most realistic bounce, spin and putting performance that my pros needed to practice.”

The 83-year-old specialised in the short game of golf after realising that it made up over 60 per cent of all shots in any given round of golf.

He then focused his efforts on improving his short game, and saw that professionals with the best short game were typically the most successful.

His four hole creation has been dubbed the “world’s greatest backyard” by the Wall Street Journal.

Along with the replica holes, there are also lily pad-like target greens that are exactly ten yards, 20 yards, 30 yards and 40 yards from the shot spot.

These green diameters equate to the average PGA Tour pro accuracy from similar distances.

Pelz commented on the purpose of the greens: “If I can land the ball on each green each time, I’m doing better than the typical PGA Tour pro.”

Incredibly, Pelz is not the first person to have replica golf holes built in his back garden.

Football superstar Gareth Bale has had a three-hole course constructed at his Welsh home that are based on famous courses.