Jim Kane, head pro at Eagle Bend Golf Course since its inception in 1998 until leaving earlier this month, qualified Sunday for the 88th PGA Championship, Aug. 17-20 at Medinah (Ill.) Country Club.

Finishing in a tie for 12th, Kane was among a field of 20 club professionals who qualified during a four-day tournament in Verona, N.Y. Kane shot 71-70-69-74 for a 284 total, six strokes behind the winner. Ron Philo Jr. of Westchester, N.Y., defeated Alan Schulte from Fishers, Ind., in a playoff for the national club pro championship.

Kane left Eagle Bend to start getting ready to join the PGA Champions Tour in 2007.