# One Player's 21,000 Hole Quest to Beat the Seemingly Endless 'Desert Golf' - Waypoint

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## What Jamie wrote

Yet another reason I 💛 the Internet. This guy has some serious focus. 

> “It's straight up impossible,” Yagnow told me, pointing to the 2,599 attempts he made, trying to bend the hole to his will.

**2,599 attempts at a single hole!** No way did this only take 300 to 400 hours.

## Facts

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