The New Zealand amateur men's golf team is third heading into the third round of the Eisenhower Tophy championships in Adelaide.
New Zealand is nine under par after two rounds and trail joint leaders USA and Scotland by eight shots.
Tauranga's Jared Pender was the New Zealand star of the second day with a five under par 67.
Pender, who started with a bogey, never put a foot wrong after that with six birdies.
World number one ranked amateur Danny Lee managed a one-under par 71 while James Gill had the non-counting one-over 73 at Grange Golf Course.
