Once again Joshua Munn features in the headlines.

Backing up a round one 65 (par 70), Munn has shot a spectacular 63 at the Tauranga Golf Club to hold a three shot lead at the Carrus Open.

Joshua Munn at the Carrus Open.

Munn is an aggressive golfer and it paid off yesterday as he stuck to his guns. When he missed greens his recovery was simply stunning, making two vital up and downs on two finishing holes.

Although sitting at the top of the leaderboard the game plan doesn't change. 'I will stay very aggressive, that's my game and hopefully the long game works itself out. If you are aggressive you get rewarded with good chances at birdies, so I just have to capitalize from there,” says Munn.

Munn may be a risk taker off the tee, but showed class on the short grass as he one putted 11 straight holes.

”I got the putter rolling early today and there was no doubt the putter was key to my game today. The run started at the 11^th green through to the second green, there were a few gimmies but it was a lot of fun out there.”

However, you can't help but notice Mark Brown slowly working his way up the leaderboard.

The experienced campaigner and defending champion signed for a 65 to throw his name into the hat for the weekend. One would be a silly person to count him out of the opening event of The Jennian Homes Charles Tour.

This tournament is littered with amateurs and Munn isn't the only one showing form. Ryan Chisnall and Nick Coxon join professional Blair Riordan and Mark Brown at -8 forming a dangerous chasing peloton.

In the Women's field, Momoka Kobori has been impressing many over the first two days of the Carrus Open. Yesterday, she shot a round of 69 (par 72) which included six birdies. In Momoka's slip stream is Rose Zheng (71) and Alanna Campbell (69) who are both just one shot back.

Play gets underway at 9.30am today.

Carrus Open Men's scores

Round Two – Friday Tauranga Golf Club, Par 70

129 Joshua Munn (Manawatu) 66 63

132 Mark Brown (P) 67 65,

Blair Riordan (P) 67 65,

Nick Coxon (Riverside) 67 65,

Ryan Chisnall (Greenacres) 67 65

133 Johnny Tynan (Titirangi) 67 66

134 Daniel Hillier (Manor Park) 67 67

135 Kadin Neho (Whangarei) 70 65

136 Dongwoo Kang (P, South Korea) 69 67,

Jared Pender (P) 66 70, Jim Cusdin (P) 65 71

137 Harry Bateman (P) 74 63,

Keiran Muir (P) 73 64,

Richard Lee (P) 71 66,

Hayden Beard (P) 68 69

138 Mark Purser (P) 71 67,

David Klein (P) 69 69,

Tae Koh (Manukau) 69 69,

Shaun Campbell (Omanu) 69 69,

Doug Holloway (P) 68 70,

Victor Janin (P) 66 72

139 Luke Brown (The Pines) 73 66,

William Howard (Tauranga) 72 67,

Nick Gillespie (P) 71 68,

Sam Vincent (Riverside) 71 68,

Henry Spring (Whakatane) 71 68,

Andrew Gurney (P) 70 69,

Harry Hillier (Te Puke) 68 71

140 Brad Shilton (P) 73 67,

Craig Hamilton (P) 71 69,

Leighton James (P) 71 69,

Joonsang Chung (P) 70 70,

Peter Lee (P) 70 70,

Grant Moorhead (P) 70 70,

Wesley Jeon (Whitford Park) 68 72

141 Dominic Barson (P) 73 68,

Ben Campbell (P) 72 69,

Daniel Pearce (P) 70 71,

James Devlin (P) 69 72

142 Chang Gi Lee (Pupuke) 74 68,

Kingsley Wright (Whakatane) 74 68,

Martin Pettigrew (P) 73 69,

Steven Heyes (P) 73 69,

Kunaal Singh (Whitford Park) 73 69,

Cody Harper (P) 73 69,

Cameron Grant (Ashburton) 72 70,

Pieter Zwart (P) 71 71, Troy Ropiha (P) 70 72,

Brian Joe (Titirangi) 68 74

143 Brad Hayward (P) 74 69,

Taylor Gill (Bay of Islands Kerikeri Incorporated) 74 69,

Jordan Golding (Omanu) 73 70,

Charlie Smail (Walton) 70 73,

Josh Geary (P) 69 74,

Matty Tiplady (Maungakiekie) 69 74

144 Tommy Liu (Remuera) 76 68,

Duncan Croudis (Otago) 74 70,

Fraser Wilkin (P) 74 70,

Agni Bhorkar (Riverside) 73 71

145 Michael Li (Peninsula) 75 70,

Mason Lee (The Grange) 74 71,

Alex Van Schaardenburg (P) 74 71,

Nick Botica (P) 74 71,

Mathew Holten (P) 73 72,

Shaun Jones (P) 72 73,

Daniel Graham (Riverside) 72 73,

Denzel Ieremia (St. Andrews of Hamilton (Hamilton)) 69 76,

Jon Bevitt (P) 69 76

Carrus Open Women's scores

Round Two – Friday Tauranga Golf Club, Par 70

140 Momoka Kobori (Rangiora) 71 69

141 Alanna Campbell (Omanu) 72 69, Rose Zheng (Pakuranga) 70 71

144 Grace Senior (Wairakei International Golf Course) 72 72

146 Emmalee Morrell (Tauranga) 75 71

76 Olivia Choo (Mt Maunganui) 76

149 Tidavadee (Fai) Tongdethsri (St. Andrews of Hamilton (Hamilton)) 74 75

150 Krystal Hu (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 79 71

152 Tyla Kingi (Opotiki) 80 72,

Amelia Garvey (Kaiapoi) 77 75,

Chantelle Cassidy (Cambridge) 75 77,

Ela Grimwood (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 70 82

77 Jill Morgan (Te Awamutu) 77

154 Vyan Park (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 75 79

80 Jessica Huang (Pakuranga) 80

155 Tessa Jane McDonald (St. Andrews of Hamilton (Hamilton)) 81 74

157 Holly Winter (Fitzroy) 80 77

82 Rotana Howard (Springfield) 82

83 Brooke Kingi (Whangaroa) 83

161 Jodae Ngaheu (Tauranga) 83 78,

Brooke Hamilton (St. Andrews of Hamilton (Hamilton)) 78 83

163 Larissa Eruera (P) 83 80

166 Sai Ma (North Shore) 86 80

172 Zeta Rose Syme (Cambridge) 85 87, Annette Muir (Waitemata) 85 87