NEWBERG — Bend’s Brandon Kearney tied the course record at Chehalem Glenn Golf Club on Monday with a 7-under-par 65 to win the 2013 Pacific Northwest’s Assistant Championship.

Kearney posted an 8-under-par 71-65—136 to win by a single stroke over Lake Oswego pro Scott Erdmann, who shot a first-round 65 to set the course record. It was the second time Kearney has won the tournament, first winning it in 2010.

The 34-year-old assistant pro at Bend Golf and Country Club earned $1,200 for the win and advanced from the tournament to the 2013 National Car Rental PGA Assistant National Championship, scheduled for Oct. 31-Nov. 3 at the Wanamaker Course at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

—Bulletin staff report