Not all homes are "25 yards" from the courses.
My parents live one-medium-left-hook-off-of-the-fifth-hole. We sit out in their back yard (perhaps 40 feet from the course), watch golfers pass by and comment to each other. None of we ladies are golfers, but we joke about holding up cards with scores of 1 - 10; but we never imagined scoring anything other than their swings!
I have been to this neighbourhood many times. The houses on the course are immediately adjacent to the course; their backyards aren't huge (maybe 25 from the backdoor to the greens).