Golf: Henare best of kiwis in PNG

Andrew Henare. Photo / Getty Images

Hawke's Bay professional Andrew Henare is the best of the kiwis heading into the final round of the South Pacific Export Papua New Guinea Open golf tournament.

Henare shot a one over par 73 at the Port Moresby Golf Club to be eight shots back from the leader Mathew Ballard from Queensland.

Ballard leads the tournament by three shots from Heath Reed (VIC) who won the Coca Cola Morobe Open last week by one shot from Joshua Carmichael.

Michael Hendry, who was looking to add the Papua New Guinea Open title to the Indonesian Open title he won last year on the One Asia Tour, will begin the final round nine shots back in a share of sixth.

Leading scores after two rounds:-

212 Matthew Ballard (QLD) 71, 72, 69

215 Heath Reed (VIC) 70, 73, 72

220 Scott Priest (TAS) 73, 75, 72, Dean Meagher (NSW) 74,70, 76, Andrew Henare (NZ) 75, 72, 73

221 Michael Hendry (NZ) 71, 76, 74, Bradley Andrews (QLD) 74, 73, 74, Martin Dive (NSW) 75, 72, 74, Krishna Singh (FIJ) 72, 74, 75

222 Ryan Hammond (VIC) 75, 71, 76, Mathew Holten (NZ) 73, 74, 75

Also:

224 Douglas Holloway (NZ) 72, 77, 75

227 Joshua Carmichael (NZ) 78, 76, 73

- NZPA