Woods leads entering final round

DiMarco is a perennial contender at Augusta, leading five rounds in five years. He played with Mickelson in the final group a year ago, but faded to a 76.

He was paired in the final twosome again, this time with Woods and clinging to a thread of hope.

"Look at Tiger," DiMarco said. "He even bogeyed a few coming in. He could have birdied a couple of holes coming in and put everyone out of their misery."

Woods was hitting his irons brilliantly, leaving himself plenty of birdie chances. He also capitalized on a break with his final shot Saturday.

After teeing off at No. 10, the horn sounded to end play for the day. Woods could have finished the hole, but decided to quit when he saw a big chunk of mud on his ball. That gave him the option of marking the spot with a tee and picking up Sunday with a clean ball.

"It was a no-brainer," he said. "It was a great break that they blew the horn. ... When we saw that (mud) down there, it was nice to know I could put the tee in the ground."

After finishing the third round, everyone got a short break before playing the final 18 holes. There were no problems with the weather, which plagued the first two days of the tournament.

It was sunny day, with temperatures expected to climb into the upper 70s.

Before Sunday's start, Bjorn warned that Woods might be unstoppable.

"Tiger is Tiger and when he gets on those kind of runs, then we never know what is going to happen," said Bjorn