Guy and Wendy Leach bought a golf course in western Wisconsin in 1998. The next year, they had a son, and they named him Tyler. The family lived across the street from the 12th tee at Spring Valley Golf Course, which shares the name of the town it belongs to, a town of only 1,400 people. Tyler and his older sister, Taylor, would spend about half the week at daycare and the other half with Wendy, who worked in the clubhouse. One day, Tyler discovered the practice green, and he never looked back.

“I could just walk across the street and tee it up whenever I wanted to,” Leach said. “I basically lived there. I hardly spent any time in my home.”

You can probably find some PGA Tour dreams at Spring Valley, a tree-lined, public layout that lacks a driving range and still costs less than $30 to

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