Te Puke professional Jared Pender has shown his class around Tauranga Golf Club to take a four-shot lead going into the weekend at The Carrus Open on the Jennian Homes Charles Tour.

He's fired a second round of seven-under 63 to finish at 15-under at the midway point to be four clear of Autex Muriwai Open champion James Hydes.

Pender opened with a par on the 11^th hole and then got into his work. He made birdies at the 12^th and 16^th holes and made the turn at two-under. He then lit up the back nine with birdies at the first, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh holes to sign for another incredible round.

Jared says his game is in good shape.

'I got as much out of my game as I possibly could,” says Jared.

'My goal was to be under par through those back eight holes and I managed to get be a couple under. I then hit a couple of really good shots in the first five holes on the front nine and made four birdies.

'I just made sure I played some smart golf coming home. I'm happy with the score,” says Jared.

He says the key to the weekend will be missing it in the right spots off the tee to ensure you have the best opportunity at birdies on the greens.

Jared expects low scores to continue rolling in over the weekend and won't take his foot off the gas.

'The scoring is out there. You just need to leave the ball in the right place for your approaches into the green.”

Jared is balancing both work, golf, and family this week, and it appears to be paying dividends.

'The game plan is very much the same heading into tomorrow. Hopefully the baby doesn't wake me up at 4am tomorrow morning, it'd be nice to have a sleep in.

'I'll work tomorrow morning and will do some chipping and putting out there after work, will come out and spend a few minutes putting here and go to the first tee,” says Jared.

He leads James Hydes going into the weekend who will be looking to win his second Jennian Homes Charles Tour this year.

James has carded rounds of 64 and 65 to be 11-under after two rounds. His form has been hot of late, and he looks forward to seeing what he can do over the weekend.

'I feel pretty consistent with my game at the moment. Obviously, I had some real good stuff at Muriwai which I then carried on to Pegasus so I'm just trying to ride the momentum. Everything feels really good,” says James.

'I'm hitting a lot of fairways and I didn't make a bogey today which helps. It wasn't anything special but I just added it up at the end,” says James.

Play gets underway tomorrow morning from 8.30.

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Scores after round 2 - Friday October 92020

125 Jared Pender (Te Puke) 62 63

129 James Hydes (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 64 65

131 Jim Cusdin (Tauranga) 65 66, Ryan Chisnall (PGA New Zealand) 62 69

132 Darae Chung (Shandon) 64 68, Trent Munn (Manawatu) 62 70

133 Tae Koh (Windross Farm Golf Course) 67 66, Michael Hendry (PGA New Zealand) 67 66, Jimmy Zheng (Howick) 66 67, Josh Geary (PGA New Zealand) 65 68, Munchin Keh (P) 64 69, Woonchul Na (PGA New Zealand) 64 69

134 Joshua Bai (Akarana) 69 65, Harry Bateman (PGA New Zealand) 66 68, Sam An (Titirangi) 66 68, Mitchell Kale (Tauranga) 64 70

135 Gareth Paddison (PGA New Zealand) 71 64, Mako Thompson (Maraenui) 70 65, Chang Gi Lee (PGA New Zealand) 69 66, Trevor Marshall (PGA New Zealand) 69 66, Hiroki Miya (Russley) 64 71, Matthew Morris (Royal Wellington) 63 72

136 Cameron Jones (PGA New Zealand) 67 69, Mark Brown (PGA New Zealand) 66 70, Cameron Harlock (Royal Auckland and Grange) 66 70

137 Zachary May (Russley) 72 65, Kieran Muir (Omokoroa) 70 67, Luke Toomey (PGA New Zealand) 69 68, Ethan Jones (Manaia) 69 68, Dongwoo Kang (PGA New Zealand) 65 72

138 Fiona Xu (Titirangi) 68 70, Pieter Zwart (PGA New Zealand) 68 70, Kazuma Kobori (Rangiora) 68 70, Tyler Wood (Palmerston North) 68 70, Aileen Du (Remuera) 68 70, Peter Fowler (PGA New Zealand) 67 71, Eunseo Choi (Takapuna) 64 74

139 Momoka Kobori (Rangiora) 71 68, Samuel Jones (Manaia) 69 70, Hayato Miya (Russley) 68 71, Shaun Campbell (Omanu) 68 71, Jesper Bengtsson (North Shore) 67 72, David Kim (Akarana) 67 72

140 Luke Brown (PGA New Zealand) 71 69, Stephen Liu (Whitford Park) 70 70, Taylor Gill (PGA New Zealand) 70 70, Caerwyn Ross (Paraparaumu Beach) 68 72, Jayden Ford (Judgeford) 68 72, Kit Bittle (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 68 72, Lachie McDonald (Marton) 67 73, Daniel Pearce (PGA New Zealand) 66 74

141 Fraser MacLachlan (PGA New Zealand) 70 71, Daniel Hillier (PGA New Zealand) 68 73, Jerry (Xiangming) Ren (P, Gulf Harbour Country Club) 68 73

142 Fraser Wilkin (P, PGA New Zealand) 71 71, Kevin Koong (Muriwai) 71 71, Dominic Brettkelly (Hororata) 71 71, Logan Madden (Morrinsville) 70 72, Sung Jin Yeo (PGA New Zealand) 70 72, Misong Jang (North Shore) 69 73

143 Jordan Pruden (Waitikiri) 74 69, Mark Hutson (PGA New Zealand) 72 71, Steven Williams (Tauranga) 72 71, Caitlin Maurice (Omokoroa) 72 71, Martin Pettigrew (PGA New Zealand) 70 73, Troy Ropiha (PGA New Zealand) 69 74, Hayden Beard (PGA New Zealand) 69 74, Kerry Mountcastle (Masterton) 67 76, Sam Vincent (Riverside) 66 77

144 Sieun Ha (North Shore) 76 68, Amy Im (Pupuke) 71 73, Kunaal Singh (Whitford Park) 70 74, Jordan Golding (Omanu) 69 75, Daniel Freeman (Remuera) 69 75, Karan Nalam (Royal Auckland and Grange) 69 75, Charlie Smail (Walton) 69 75

145 Mason Lee (PGA New Zealand) 75 70, James Watkins (Royal Wellington) 71 74, Jordan Loof (PGA New Zealand) 70 75, Jaeseung Na (Whitford Park) 70 75

72 Anna An (Muriwai) 72

146 Alanna Campbell (Omanu) 76 70, Hanee Song (P) 74 72, Zahraa Bester (Hamilton - St Andrews) 73 73, Nick Loach (PGA New Zealand) 73 73, James Anstiss (PGA New Zealand) 72 74

147 Robby Turnbull (Remuera) 76 71, Jonathan Park (North Shore) 74 73, Kahu Tataurangi (Remuera) 74 73, Chas Craig (Marlborough) 74 73, Rhys Thomas (Futures Waikato) 74 73, James Tauariki (Futures Geyserland) 73 74, Thomas Woods (Miramar) 72 75

148 Angus Findlay (Manawatu) 73 75, Joshua Cassin (Pukekohe) 72 76, Connor Barker (Remuera) 69 79

76 Shinju Aoki (North Shore) 76

149 Amy Han (Titirangi) 78 71, Mimi Guo (Royal Auckland and Grange) 77 72, Alexander Yap (North Shore) 74 75, Jason Mann (PGA New Zealand) 74 75, Joshua Morris (Taupo) 72 77, Kyle Wong (Titirangi) 72 77, Logan Hooper (North Shore) 71 78

150 Kyle Clark (Cromwell) 76 74, Gabriel Whincop (PGA New Zealand) 75 75, Maddie May (Russley) 75 75, Dave Cooke (Tauranga) 74 76, Wenyung Keh (P) 73 77, Rianne Li (Akarana) 71 79

151 Paxton Jones (Royal Wellington) 77 74, Laura Hoskin (P) 76 75, Jack Turner (Arrowtown) 71 80

152 Daniel Newman (P, Helensville) 84 68, Harry Ward (Paraparaumu Beach) 76 76, Jessica Huang (Pakuranga) 75 77, Nathan Clark (Tauranga) 73 79

153 Will O'Connor (Royal Wellington) 77 76, Ing Iadpluem (Futures Waikato) 76 77, Damian Kempson (Mt Maunganui) 76 77, Liam McFarlane (Omanu) 75 78

154 Siyi Keh (P) 83 71, Sam Reese (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 78 76

155 Towa Usui (Maungakiekie) 78 77, Michael Hobman* (Helensville) 77 78, Jordan Woodall (Cambridge) 76 79, Giles La Ville (North Shore) 75 80

156 Kyle Maihi (P, Royal Auckland and Grange) 79 77, Jessica Green (Wainui) 79 77, Grace Zhan (Maungakiekie) 78 78

157 Taylor-Rose Perrett (Omanu) 78 79, Archie Gothard (Royal Auckland and Grange) 76 81

158 Joseph Hancock (St Clair) 79 79

84 Michael Zhu (P, PGA New Zealand) 84

161 Tom Parker (Christchurch) 82 79

162 Luke Ho (North Shore) 84 78

163 Henry Spring (Whakatane) 83 80, Tim Ross (Mt Maunganui) 76 87

176 Robin Yoon (North Shore) 88 88

0 Johnny Tynan (Titirangi)

72 Jared Edwards (Royal Auckland and Grange) 72

83 Victor Janin (Rotorua) 83