Tom Sherreard of Georgia State finished in a tie for 19th at the British Open last week at Royal Birkdale. Sherreard's performance was lost in the wake of fellow amateur Chris Wood, who tied for fifth.

Sherreard needed to shoot a 69 in the second round —- one of only 11 sub-70s scores that day —- just to make the cut. He closed with a 72 to finish 14 over, leaving him in a 13-way tie that included the likes of Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, Trevor Immelman and Rocco Mediate.

Amateurs

Atlantans Jerry and Greg Greenbaum tied for first place in the gross division of the Father-Son Team Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The event drew 1,480 teams from 46 states and nine countries. ... Brian Harman tied for 14th at the Northeast Amateur in Rhode Island. Harman, a senior at Georgia, finished with rounds of 67 and 66. ... Jay Moseley of Bainbridge and Mark Harrell of Hazlehurst tied for seventh at the 102nd Southern Amateur. ...

Cason Hammock, a fifth-year senior at Columbus State, reached the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship in Aurora, Colo. He was beaten 3 and 1 by eventual champion Jack Newman of Iowa. Lion An of Duluth was the only other Georgian to reach match play; he lost in the first round. ...

The second annual Nature Valley Amateur will be played Monday at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth. It's part of a 20-course tournament held at the PGA Tour's TPC courses, with each of three flight winners earning a spot in the finals at TPC Sawgrass.

Juniors

Teams from Georgia won annual challenge matches last week against the best players from South Carolina. The Georgia boys won 11 1/2- 4 1/2 at Hawks Ridge, despite losing the first three matches. Georgia didn't lose the second day, winning six and tying two matches. The Georgia girls won 17 1/2-6 1/2 at Sea Island's Retreat Course. ...

James Bernhardt of Atlanta birdied two of the last three holes to shoot 77 and win the 13-and-older division of the Atlanta Junior Golf Association's Nine-Hole Classic at Ansley Golf Club. Other division winners: Benjamin Shipp of Duluth, boys 12 and under; Stephanie Vandiver of Douglasville, girls 7-18. ...

Miscellaneous

The deadline for the second-chance qualifier for the Georgia Open, the final chance to get into the Georgia PGA's richest tournament, is today. The qualifier will be Monday at Stone Mountain. The Georgia Open is July 31-Aug. 3 at Barnsley Gardens. Qualifier details are available at www.georgiapga.com. ...

Kevin McPherson has been named women's coach at Augusta State. ...

Bridgestone Golf, based in Covington, has signed NCAA champion Kevin Chappell of UCLA, who will make his professional debut this week on the Nationwide Tour. ...

More than $200,000 worth of improvements have been made at Crystal Lake in Hampton, including the addition of a chipping green adjacent to the first tee. Crystal Lake, designed by local architect Denis Griffiths, is rapidly climbing up the ladder as a must-play course and will play host to a Georgia PGA event this fall.