Carroll will take a six-shot lead into the final weekend after posting opening round scores of 70 and 68 on Saturday and Sunday.

Talented sportsman James Elliott leads the chasing pack after he proved the surprise packet early in the championships.

Elliott, who was a fine cricketer and footballer, fired an opening round 69 to lead the championships after 18 holes.

Carroll made his move on Sunday with a 68, while Elliott held on for outright second with a round of 75 and sits at even par at the halfway mark.

A number of golfers sit further back on two and three over and have the task ahead of them in trying to round up the impressive Carroll.

The 17-year-old hopes he is on track for another title but is instead focusing on getting his game right.

"Obviously I'd be disappointed if I lost but I'm not really focusing on that to be honest," Carroll said.

"If someone can hunt me down with me playing well, good on them but I just feel if I play anywhere near how I know I can, I really believe no one here can come near me for the next couple of weeks.

"I'm not really focusing on the scoreboard as such, that probably will be different coming up to the last few holes on Sunday if I'm near the lead still, I'll focus more on the win, but at the moment for this next week, I'm focusing on getting my game to where I feel it needs to be going forward."

Carroll was happy enough with his opening two rounds.

"Even though I hadn't played much competition golf, I was still reasonably confident," he said.

"I know my game and because I know that I haven't been able to practice as much, I just tried to play towards my strengths and stick away from my weaknesses."

At the top of Carroll's list to work on this week is his driver.

"I was driving the ball pretty poorly, to be honest, for both of the rounds so then I kind of just stopped hitting driver, just to get it into play because I was hitting my irons quite solid," he said.

"I feel like this week, if I can get my driver down pat off the tee, I feel I could play a lot better than I did this week to be honest.

"I really scrambled well. My putting and chipping saved me. So I feel like if I could put that together, with quality iron play and off the tee, I feel like I can do a fair bit and really separate myself."

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