By Rob Mueller
From Staff Reports
Augusta Chronicle

All David Frost could do, after he ended a rather uneventful third round with a bogey on the 18th hole on Saturday, was chalk the day up as a wash.

Frost started the day tied for third place, six strokes behind leader Greg Norman. The 36-year-old hoped to make up some of that ground on the front nine Saturday, but he uneventfully parred each of the first nine holes.

Disappointed but not concerned, was Frost, as he left the course at the Augusta National Golf Club feeling he did all he could to make a move up the leaderboard.

``This is not a golf course to be aggressive at,'' said Frost, the first-round leader at last year's Masters, before falling to a fifth-place finish. ``The wind was difficult, the pin placements were extremely difficult, and the greens were much harder today. That's OK with me, it's a good test. I didn't make any putts where I needed to, but overall, I thought I played pretty steady.''

He opened the back nine of his third round of his ninth Masters with a bogey on the par-4 10th hole, then birdied No. 13, only to fall back with bogeys again on 15 and 18.

``I had a tough time making 9-to-12-foot putts, the pin placements were very challenging, especially on 8, 9 and 10,'' he said.

Heading into today's final round, nine strokes off the lead, Frost isn't upset about his chances that have seemingly slipped away.

``I'm only in control of my own game, I can't concern myself with what everyone else is doing,'' Forst said. ``I'm not as worried as I used to be. Right now, it looks like Norman is not going to be catchable. But stranger things have happened in golf. I'll just go out there and try not to think about the other players. If I can come out there and play my normal game, I'll give myself a shot.''