The last day of the Carrus Open in Tauranga sees a three way tie for the lead involving Johnny Tynan, Mark Brown and Joshua Munn.

Three different story lines all after the same result. Tynan caught the eye of many local fans yesterday at the Tauranga Golf Club, shooting a five under par 65 that involved liquorice all sorts.

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Making seven birdies, four bogeys and an eagle on the par five thirteenth hole shares boundary ropes with the race track, Tynan played an exciting brand of golf.

'I'm pretty much hitting driver 120 per cent every shot, so just playing as aggressive as I can. I have never been in this position before, so just looking to have fun and hopefully show the gallery a couple of good shots."

Tynan with his very relaxed demeanour, will be very exciting to watch this morning as he looks to claim his first Jennian Homes Charles Tour victory.

Standing in his way are two men who know how to win. Mark Brown is not only defending champion here at the Carrus Open, he also has three career wins on the tour and knows how to get it done.

'It will take something pretty good, Johnny and the boys played very well so they will be hard to beat.

'You have got to get in the mind set of being pretty attacking, although pleased with the round it could have been a bit better."

After having the third round lead all to himself, Joshua Munn is now sharing the spoils at the top.

Munn held on for a gritty one under par round but still walked off the 18^th smiling.

'All I wanted was to be in the final group and I now I'm there it's very exciting.”

It was a simply stunning day in Tauranga which played host to a few other exciting moments throughout the third round.

Sam Vincent slam dunking the par three ninth from 170m to record the third ace of the week (third of his career as well).

Also an electric back nine from Daniel Pearce cannot go under the radar. After finding inspiration at the turn from an unknown punter, he then went on to make seven birdies to result in a 28 for the nine and a 63 final score as the days lowest.

Meanwhile in the women's field, local golfer Alanna Campbell has taken charge by shooting a solid even par round of 70, putting her two shots clear coming into the final day.

'Pretty pleased with how I went, I kept it steady and stuck to my plan. Boring steady golf, but it gets the job done,” Alanna says.

Alanna is looking for her second title on the Jennian Homes Charles Tour, which will mean back to back tournament wins after taking home the season ending Autex Muriwai Open in May this year.

Friday's leader Momoka Kobori fell two shots back to be in third place after carding a three over par 75.

Third Round Carrus Open

Men's Final Scores Tauranga Golf Club Par 70 198 Johnny Tynan (Titirangi) 67 66 65, Mark Brown (P) 67 65 66, Joshua Munn (Manawatu) 66 63 69

200 Jim Cusdin (P) 65 71 64

201 Nick Coxon (Riverside) 67 65 69

202 Ryan Chisnall (Greenacres) 67 65 70

203 Harry Bateman (P) 74 63 66, Jared Pender (P) 66 70 67

204 Daniel Pearce (P) 70 71 63, Nick Gillespie (P) 71 68 65, Victor Janin (P) 66 72 66, Blair Riordan (P) 67 65 72

205 Grant Moorhead (P) 70 70 65, Doug Holloway (P) 68 70 67, Shaun Campbell (Omanu) 69 69 67, David Klein (P) 69 69 67

206 Luke Brown (The Pines) 73 66 67, Sam Vincent (Riverside) 71 68 67, Tae Koh (Manukau) 69 69 68, Mark Purser (P) 71 67 68, Hayden Beard (P) 68 69 69

207 Dominic Barson (P) 73 68 66, Peter Lee (P) 70 70 67, Dongwoo Kang (P, South Korea) 69 67 71

208 Kunaal Singh (Whitford Park) 73 69 66, Henry Spring (Whakatane) 71 68 69, Richard Lee (P) 71 66 71, Keiran Muir (P) 73 64 71, Daniel Hillier (Manor Park) 67 67 74

210 Ben Campbell (P) 72 69 69, William Howard (Tauranga) 72 67 71, Kadin Neho (Whangarei) 70 65 75

211 Pieter Zwart (P) 71 71 69, Brad Shilton (P) 73 67 71, Leighton James (P) 71 69 71, Andrew Gurney (P) 70 69 72

212 Josh Geary (P) 69 74 69, Troy Ropiha (P) 70 72 70, Chang Gi Lee (Pupuke) 74 68 70

213 Charlie Smail (Walton) 70 73 70, James Devlin (P) 69 72 72, Wesley Jeon (Whitford Park) 68 72 73, Harry Hillier (Te Puke) 68 71 74

214 Denzel Ieremia (St. Andrews of Hamilton (Hamilton)) 69 76 69, Daniel Graham (Riverside) 72 73 69, Duncan Croudis (Otago) 74 70 70, Taylor Gill (Bay of Islands Kerikeri Incorporated) 74 69 71, Cody Harper (P) 73 69 72, Steven Heyes (P) 73 69 72, Joonsang Chung (P) 70 70 74

215 Jon Bevitt (P) 69 76 70

216 Fraser Wilkin (P) 74 70 72, Matty Tiplady (Maungakiekie) 69 74 73, Brad Hayward (P) 74 69 73, Jordan Golding (Omanu) 73 70 73, Brian Joe (Titirangi) 68 74 74

217 Cameron Grant (Ashburton) 72 70 75, Martin Pettigrew (P) 73 69 75, Craig Hamilton (P) 71 69 77

218 Alex Van Schaardenburg (P) 74 71 73, Shaun Jones (P) 72 73 73, Kingsley Wright (Whakatane) 74 68 76

220 Mathew Holten (P) 73 72 75, Mason Lee (The Grange) 74 71 75, Agni Bhorkar (Riverside) 73 71 76

222 Nick Botica (P) 74 71 77, Tommy Liu (Remuera) 76 68 78

224 Michael Li (Peninsula) 75 70 79

146 Cameron Leigh (Tirau) 78 68, Woonchul Na (P) 76 70, Jordan Woodall (Cambridge) 72 74, Chris Charlton (Riverside) 71 75

148 Luke Nobilo (P) 78 70, Sean Blomquist (Tauranga) 77 71, Scott Hill (P) 76 72, Fletcher Broderick (New Plymouth Inc.) 71 77, Chase McKeown (Akarana) 70 78

149 Sam An (P) 77 72, Minsoo Ko (P) 75 74, Jared Edwards (The Grange) 73 76

150 Guy Perry (Manawatu) 78 72, Joshua Bernhard Rookes (Mt Maunganui) 76 74, Inia Logan (Wakatipu Junior) 75 75, Nathan Kim (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 74 76, Josh Sedgwick (Manawatu) 74 76

151 Craig Mitchell (P) 79 72, Sam McGovern (St. Andrews of Hamilton (Hamilton)) 78 73, Daniel Ruttley (P) 76 75, Patrick Moore (P) 76 75, Leonard Powell (Clarks Beach) 73 78

152 Matt Vogel (Royal Auckland) 81 71, Josh Wilson (Mt Maunganui) 79 73

153 Kevin Koong (Huapai) 78 75

154 Ben Matheson (P) 77 77, Shiv Sabherwal (Manukau) 73 81

155 Damian Kempson (Mt Maunganui) 80 75, Keegan Wiltshier (Omanu) 77 78

156 Dean Sipson (P) 82 74

158 Sul (Banaba) Im (Huapai) 77 81

159 Wyatt Amerson (Mt Maunganui) 76 83

160 Sung Jin Yeo (North Shore) 84 76, David Riordan (Nelson Inc.) 82 78, Ruben Clinton (Tauranga) 77 83

161 Scott Curtis (P) 83 78, Davis Oh (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 82 79

70 Warren Pretorius (Whitford Park) 70

82 Kyle Wong (P) 82

Third Round Carrus Open

Women's Final Scores Tauranga Golf Club Par 72

213 Alanna Campbell (Omanu) 72 69 72

215 Rose Zheng (Pakuranga) 70 71 74, Momoka Kobori (Rangiora) 71 69 75

219 Grace Senior (Wairakei International Golf Course) 72 72 75

221 Chantelle Cassidy (Cambridge) 75 77 69

224 Emmalee Morrell (Tauranga) 75 71 78

227 Krystal Hu (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 79 71 77

228 Amelia Garvey (Kaiapoi) 77 75 76

229 Olivia Choo (Mt Maunganui) 76 73 80

230 Ela Grimwood (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 70 82 78, Tidavadee (Fai) Tongdethsri (St. Andrews of Hamilton (Hamilton)) 74 75 81

231 Tyla Kingi (Opotiki) 80 72 79

153 Jessica Huang (Pakuranga) 80 73

154 Vyan Park (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 75 79

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

157 Holly Winter (Fitzroy) 80 77

159 Jill Morgan (Te Awamutu) 77 82

161 Jodae Ngaheu (Tauranga) 83 78, Brooke Hamilton (St. Andrews of Hamilton (Hamilton)) 78 83

162 Brooke Kingi (Whangaroa) 83 79

163 Larissa Eruera (P) 83 80

164 Rotana Howard (Springfield) 82 82

166 Sai Ma (North Shore) 86 80

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