but dan mclaughlin was 30. he didn't have ten years.r frugal living. how many pair of pants do you snoen. >> i have my golf pants and then my nongolf pants. >> reporter: dan, that's two. >> i'm either golfing or not golfing. two pair of pants. >> reporter: mclaughlin figured he would cram his 10,000 hours into six years. you had never played an 18-whole round of golf before you started this? >> never, never. i didn't even know if i was left or right-handed with golf. golf is just an abstract idea. it's how good could you be in anything if you devoted yourself to it? >> reporter: golf's a funny game. because on any given hole, any idot can look good. but mclaughlin doesn't want to be just good or even excellent. after his 10,000 hours, mclaughlin wants to play on the pga tour. which would place him among the top couple hundred golfers in the world. >> yeah. i'd like to go colonize saturn. >> reporter: chris smith is dan's instructor. >> he explained what he wanted to do. i said, dude, why didn't you pick something easier? >> reporter: th