
Skratch’s backyard golf tour moves from Scottsdale wedges to an Ohio course
Archie Bradley visits Saguaro Point before the tour reaches a Pinehurst simulator lounge and Spud Run’s nine tees.
By The Perfect Lie / 1 source / Published October 18, 2026
Archie Bradley opens a garage door at Saguaro Point expecting something built around cars. Inside is a golf room with a Full Swing simulator, a pool table and space to stay out of the Scottsdale heat. Outside, the property has four greens and six teeing areas spread across the hillside.
The former major league pitcher is the guide for the first stop in Skratch’s tour of American golf backyards. He makes one ownership detail clear immediately: this is not his house. Saguaro Point is a rental property, and the video uses it to show how much golf can fit around a place to stay.
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Saguaro Point’s official golf page lists four greens, six tee boxes and two bunkers, built by Celebrity Greens, alongside the indoor simulator. A lighted putting and chipping green beside the house extends play into the evening.
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Bradley’s tour shows how the different starting points change the shots. At one tee, he reads three target distances of 98, 99 and 64 yards. Higher up the hill, another station offers shots listed at 158, 156 and 125 yards. Down beside the greens, a bunker supplies a different angle for short-game practice.
The setup gives a group several ways to spend an afternoon without playing the same pitch repeatedly. Bradley suggests making a course out of the tee boxes. That is his reaction to the property; the tour does not measure the greens against natural turf or test the simulator’s accuracy.
Pinehurst puts the finish indoors
Skratch then visits Birdie Houses’ Pinehurst property, where the golf continues between a backyard practice area and an indoor lounge. The host describes course-themed bedrooms and a yard with several chipping positions, including one beneath the trees.
The property’s current website identifies a Foresight Falcon launch monitor paired with PuttView. It describes a setup in which the simulated approach leads into putting on a physical sloped green. That makes the indoor room part of the short-game experience as well as a place to hit full shots.
The distinction is visible across the two stops. Saguaro Point spreads its targets across a desert hillside; the Pinehurst property connects its simulator lounge with a dedicated putting surface. Both leave room for golf after the scheduled round elsewhere has ended.
Nine tees, one green in Ohio
The final stop is Spud Run Golf in southern Ohio. In the video, its builder, introduced as Jeremy, describes nine tees playing toward one 3,000-square-foot bentgrass green. He uses the surrounding woods and creek to create different routes, including par 4s and par 5s.
Jeremy also talks about learning drainage, grass establishment and equipment as he built the course. Those details give the tour a different finish: a backyard course can keep changing because the owner keeps finding another shot to add.
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