Local golfer Mark Brown has won the opening leg of the Jennian Homes Charles Tour in Tauranga today.

Playing an outstanding round in difficult conditions, Brown has now achieved back to back Carrus Open wins.

Champion Mark Brown. Photo: File.

There was no lack of drama at the business end of the tournament around the Tauranga Golf Club. The weather offered wind and rain at random throughout the final day which made for a challenging finish.

As the final group played the seventeenth, it turned into torrential rain and the greens flooded making the course impossible to play.

This crazy burst of rain meant many hands on deck as water was swept off both greens by the bucket load to get play back on track once again. In anticipation of the afternoon weather bomb, the decision was made by New Zealand Golf's Tournament director Dave Mangan to bring the tee times forward which meant only the 18^th hole was the focus and was easy to handle as most of the course flooded.

Once we were able to continue, Brown calmly closed it out in front of a large local crowd.

'Its amazing support here at the club from all the members so it's great to do it in front of them and really exciting timing with the end of the year coming up as well,” Brown says. 'The rain was probably a good thing for me, I took five minutes to chill out because I didn't hit a very good shot into 17, it was pouring down and luckily after that I made the putt.”

Now a four time winner on the Jennian Homes Charles Tour, Brown showed class as he shot a 68 two under par round.

In 2006 he won in Taranaki, his maiden Carrus Open win came in 2012, followed by another in 2014, and now his third title in 2015.

'Yeah it was tough with a lot of wind starting out, so scoring was going to be different to other rounds. I didn't get off to a particularly fast start which you want to do around here, it was just about hanging in and keeping the boys at bay. 'This year was a bit different and I had to hit some pretty good shots in these conditions, I didn't get a lot going today, but enough.” Brown's schedule doesn't get any quieter as he will build a lot of airpoints in the next couple of months.

'The coming months are pretty full on with the Dunhill Links next week and then Australia, Fiji, Asia and then followed by the final stage of European Qualifying School from there.”

Jim Cusdin finished second alongside leading amateur Joshua Munn. Cusdin started the round roaring with a hole out on the par four second for eagle and after 10 holes he was sitting four under for the day and with only the one blemish on the card resulting in him falling just short.

Munn, the young man from the Manawatu (Turbo country) was obviously used to the wind as he carded a one under par round. He was level headed on and off the course and is one to watch.

'It's just awesome, these guys have been competing for years, Browny being on tour for 10-15 odd years so it gives you confidence going forward in what you're doing and all your beliefs, so it's really cool and I love these events, I've always loved them since a young age,” Munn says. Alanna Campbell has joined Brown and gone back to back, just on a different level. Campbell has won two Jennian Homes Charles Tour events in a row after winning at Muriwai back in May this year.

'It feels great I guess, it hasn't really sunk in yet. I got my way around and did what I needed to do. 'It was pretty cool, Dad came out and brother Shaun who is in the men's grade and played well this weekend, but having Mum on the bag is pretty awesome as well!” the elated Campbell says.

Paul Adams from Carrus has played a massive hand in the local tournament. He not only offered up prize money for if the course record was broken again, Adam's has given away $500 vouchers for each player who recorded a hole in one this week. This was an all-time high of three players - Sam Vincent, Jill Morgan and Thai Tongdethsri.

Men's Carrus Open Final Scores after four rounds Tauranga Golf Club, Par 70

266 Mark Brown (P) 67 65 66 68

267 Jim Cusdin (P) 65 71 64 67, Joshua Munn (Manawatu) 66 63 69 69

268 Nick Gillespie (P) 71 68 65 64

269 Ryan Chisnall (Greenacres) 67 65 70 67, Nick Coxon (Riverside) 67 65 69 68

271 Jared Pender (P) 66 70 67 68, Harry Bateman (P) 74 63 66 68, Johnny Tynan (Titirangi) 67 66 65 73

272 Hayden Beard (P) 68 69 69 66, Doug Holloway (P) 68 70 67 67

273 Peter Lee (P) 70 70 67 66, Luke Brown (The Pines) 73 66 67 67, Blair Riordan (P) 67 65 72 69

274 Sam Vincent (Riverside) 71 68 67 68, Daniel Pearce (P) 70 71 63 70

275 Kunaal Singh (Whitford Park) 73 69 66 67, Tae Koh (Manukau) 69 69 68 69, David Klein (P) 69 69 67 70, Victor Janin (P) 66 72 66 71

276 Keiran Muir (P) 73 64 71 68

277 Kadin Neho (Whangarei) 70 65 75 67, Ben Campbell (P) 72 69 69 67, Dongwoo Kang (P, South Korea) 69 67 71 70, Grant Moorhead (P) 70 70 65 72

278 Fraser Wilkin (P) 74 70 72 62, Daniel Hillier (Manor Park) 67 67 74 70, Dominic Barson (P) 73 68 66 71, Mark Purser (P) 71 67 68 72, Shaun Campbell (Omanu) 69 69 67 73

279 Pieter Zwart (P) 71 71 69 68, Brad Shilton (P) 73 67 71 68, Richard Lee (P) 71 66 71 71

280 Wesley Jeon (Whitford Park) 68 72 73 67, Troy Ropiha (P) 70 72 70 68

281 Josh Geary (P) 69 74 69 69

282 Chang Gi Lee (Pupuke) 74 68 70 70

283 Denzel Ieremia (St. Andrews of Hamilton (Hamilton)) 69 76 69 69, Cody Harper (P) 73 69 72 69, Harry Hillier (Te Puke) 68 71 74 70, William Howard (Tauranga) 72 67 71 73, Henry Spring (Whakatane) 71 68 69 75

284 Jordan Golding (Omanu) 73 70 73 68, Daniel Graham (Riverside) 72 73 69 70, James Devlin (P) 69 72 72 71

285 Steven Heyes (P) 73 69 72 71, Taylor Gill (Bay of Islands Kerikeri Incorporated) 74 69 71 71, Charlie Smail (Walton) 70 73 70 72, Leighton James (P) 71 69 71 74, Andrew Gurney (P) 70 69 72 74

286 Jon Bevitt (P) 69 76 70 71

287 Matty Tiplady (Maungakiekie) 69 74 73 71, Brian Joe (Titirangi) 68 74 74 71, Joonsang Chung (P) 70 70 74 73

288 Craig Hamilton (P) 71 69 77 71, Cameron Grant (Ashburton) 72 70 75 71, Brad Hayward (P) 74 69 73 72, Duncan Croudis (Otago) 74 70 70 74

289 Alex Van Schaardenburg (P) 74 71 73 71, Martin Pettigrew (P) 73 69 75 72

290 Mathew Holten (P) 73 72 75 70, Shaun Jones (P) 72 73 73 72

293 Mason Lee (The Grange) 74 71 75 73, Kingsley Wright (Whakatane) 74 68 76 75

294 Nick Botica (P) 74 71 77 72

295 Tommy Liu (Remuera) 76 68 78 73, Agni Bhorkar (Riverside) 73 71 76 75

301 Michael Li (Peninsula) 75 70 79 77

Women's Carrus Open Final Scores after four rounds Tauranga Golf Club, Par 72

288 Alanna Campbell (Omanu) 72 69 72 75

290 Grace Senior (Wairakei International Golf Course) 72 72 75 71, Rose Zheng (Pakuranga) 70 71 74 75, Momoka Kobori (Rangiora) 71 69 75 75

291 Chantelle Cassidy (Cambridge) 75 77 69 70

301 Emmalee Morrell (Tauranga) 75 71 78 77

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

307 Tyla Kingi (Opotiki) 80 72 79 76, Ela Grimwood (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 70 82 78 77

308 Olivia Choo (Mt Maunganui) 76 73 80 79

309 Tidavadee (Fai) Tongdethsri (St. Andrews of Hamilton (Hamilton)) 74 75 81 79

312 Amelia Garvey (Kaiapoi) 77 75 76 84

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