. >> reporter: coach christopher blew dan off until he saw how determined he was playing through freezingn, never taking a day off. he started with just one club, a putter and he spent an entire month, no more than three feet from the hole. >> that three feet was as far as i got away. >> reporter: what did you think at this point this is a nightmare. >> for a little while i didn't know what i got myself into. >> reporter: he stuck with it. documenting every stroke on video for his website. gradually adding clubs and working his way up to his first full round of golf. he's now 3,000 hours in, more than two entire years of his life. >> i'll always do it. >> reporter: not half way through. >> does it get ma not nous. >> it's a job like any job. you have good and bad days. >> reporter: to save money, he lives like a monk. he has two pairs of pants and uses his car as a locker. as his story caught on, nike donated clubs and shoes. >> are you getting any good? >> i mean, i'm really hard on myself. i think that i'm nowhere near -- of course i'm nowhere near where i need to be or want to be. i'm