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Day. and i corrected him, i don't count it as a full day, and he seemed glad to hear that. >> do you think it's a tad obsessive? >> okay, i'm obsessed with doing my job well, doing it thoroughly. you got me. >> reporter: knoller has been covering presidents since jerold ford. at age 60, he's never married. but he has no regrets. is this job, is this roof, is this your family? >> sure. it's my life. i'm able to cover this place exactly on my terms. and i find that very satisfying. >> since we brought you the story in february, the president has added 29 rounds of golf, including 27 holes yester...

Presidential historian, mark noer in the room, but i'll do this they. at the risk of being corrected immediately. >> how do you feel being the unofficial records keeper of the presidenc presidency? >> well, it certainly wasn't what i set out to do. >> reporter: knoller started his recordkeeping a couple of years into the clinton administration when he noticed the president kept going to california. >> i tried going back to reconstruct how many trips he had made to california and it took all day. >> reporter: so knoller started keeping his own records. he spends 60 to 90 minutes at the end of e...

Speeches. did he use a teleprompter? how long did the speech run? where did he go? how many times has he been there before. number of flights on air force one. number of flights on marine one. >> reporter: we squeezed into knoller's cramped booth in the press room, where he showed us his file on each of the 114 rounds of golf president obama has played. >> i keep logs, what date did he play, how long did he play it, who was in the foursome. what time did the golf game begin? what time did it end? >> reporter: you love this stuff, don't you? >> at least now i've got an aspect of the presidency ...

Evening, he counts it as a full day. and i corrected him, i don't count it as a full day, and he seemed glad to hear that. >> do you think it's a tad obsessive? >> okay, i'm obsessed with doing my job well, doing it thoroughly. you got me. >> reporter: knoller has been covering presidents since jerold ford. at age 60, he's never married. but he has no regrets. is this job, is this roof, is this your family? >> sure. it's my life. i'm able to cover this place exactly on my terms. and i find that very satisfying. >> since we brought you the story in february, the president has added 29 rounds of...

>> always risk this too presidential historian, mark noer in the room, but i'll do this they. at the risk of being corrected immediately. >> how do you feel being the unofficial records keeper of the presidenc presidency? >> well, it certainly wasn't what i set out to do. >> reporter: knoller started his recordkeeping a couple of years into the clinton administration when he noticed the president kept going to california. >> i tried going back to reconstruct how many trips he had made to california and it took all day. >> reporter: so knoller started keeping his own records. he spends 60 to 90...