Ranked 4,292nd in the world, Jimmy Abdo had no place making as much noise at the U.S. Amateur as he did. But he did it anyway.

"Still kinda doesn't feel real," said Abdo, 1.5 days removed from arriving back in Minnesota. "Just from start to finish it felt like it was gonna be one of those weeks I'll never forget."

A native of Edina, Minnesota, Abdo plays Division III golf. This weekend's field featured all of the prestigious players in the college game. Abdo got through stroke play, his goal, then won in the rounds of 64, 32 and 16, before finally falling in the quarters.

"Yeah, we just kept playing some good golf. Took down some pretty big names. Obviously I surpassed my goal by a mile," he said. "Even beyond that, too, I made a big name for myself and put my name out there for a lot o

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