SAN FRANCISCO — The rankings say that there are 4,291 amateur golfers in the world who are better than Jimmy Abdo. Entering this week at The Olympic Club, there was little reason to disagree. Heck, less than four years ago, Abdo couldn’t even qualify for his Edina (Minn.) High School team’s traveling lineup. He had never even tried to qualify for the U.S. Amateur until this year because, “I just never felt like I was good enough.”

It turns out, he is. Embracing the underdog mentality, Abdo has advanced to the quarterfinals and is just two victories away from a likely invitation to the Masters.

“ Being the underdog, there's way less pressure on me to perform well, and I feel I can go out there and play pretty free,” Abdo said after holing a 20-footer for birdie at the last to win his Roun

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