Sergio Garcia shot a bogey-free, 2-under-par 70 on Saturday and finds himself four shots out of the lead entering today's final round.

The 22-year-old Spaniard is tied for fourth at 7-under par and trails co-leaders Tiger Woods and Retief Goosen. Garcia is also two shots behind 2000 Masters champion Vijay Singh.

"I've come from worse places than this, and in worse positions to win," said Garcia, whose best Masters finish is a tie for 38th. "(T)hey are good players, but they are humans, too. If you put some pressure on them, they are going to have a hard time. So that's what I'm going to try and do."

Garcia opened the year winning the Mercedes Championship with a final-round 64. After finishing tied for fourth at The Players Championship last month, Garcia has earned more than $1.2 million this year.

STILL THERE

Jose Maria Olazabal nearly played himself out of contention Saturday before charging back into contention on the back nine. The two-time Masters champion was 4-over par on his third round through 10 holes. But an eagle on No. 13 keyed a 5-under par stretch on his final eight holes.

After his 71, Olazabal is in seventh place at 6-under par for the tournament.

BJORN BARRAGE

Thomas Bjorn appeared to be replaying his second round after birdieing the first two holes of the third round. But Bjorn, who birdied the first five holes Friday, bogeyed Nos. 3 and 4 and ended with a 70.

The 31-year-old Bjorn is tied with Padraig Harrington, who carded a 72, for eighth place at 5-under par.

"I had two three-putts, which hurt," Bjorn said. "But I'm playing some solid golf. I'm just not putting as well."

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

According to the PGA Tour Web site, tour member Chris Perry drove 12 hours Friday night to watch Arnold Palmer complete the final six holes of his last Masters Tournament. Perry missed the cut in the Buy.com's Louisiana Open on Friday and decided to make the trek to Augusta.

Perry watched Palmer play his final round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in 1996.

PRO PLAYER

U.S. Amateur runner-up Robert Hamilton, a University of California-Berkeley graduate, is expected to join U.S. Amateur champion Bubba Dickerson in turning professional after the Masters.

"... I think he's going to turn pro; he indicated to me that he was going to turn pro after the Masters," said Palmer, who played with Hamilton the first two rounds.

The four-time Masters champion said Hamilton left a lot of putts short and must work on that part of his game.

"Now I said, 'Robert, when you turn pro, don't leave those putts short. Get them up to the hole,"' Palmer said.

Hamilton said, "The last two days specifically have really built my confidence. I hit the ball really well. I didn't putt that well, but that can easily happen out here."

He hopes to alternate play between the PGA Tour, the Canadian Tour and the Buy.com Tour this summer.

"I'm just trying to get as many exemptions as I can," he said.

LOVE HURTS

First-round leader Davis Love III continued his downward spiral Saturday afternoon. The Sea Island, Ga., resident birdied three of his first five holes to march toward the top of the leaderboard at 5-under par.

Love then bogeyed Nos. 8-10 before regaining his composure with birdies on Nos. 12 and 13. But the roller coaster round continued for Love as he fell apart down the stretch, making bogeys on Nos. 14 and 17 and a double bogey on the par-4 18th hole.

Love, who immediately headed to the practice green after his round, is tied for 17th place at even-par. No first-round leader has held on to win the Masters since Ben Crenshaw did it in 1984.

EYES WIDE SHUT

Mike Weir played his best golf of the day when he couldn't see. The Canadian golfer, who had laser surgery on his eyes 2 1/2 years ago, said he couldn't see the ball when he set the club down on No. 9.

"I could not see the ball for about (four) holes," he said. "It was weird. I'm going to go see the doctor."

Ironically, Weir made birdies on Nos. 10 and 12 when he said he couldn't see very well. In his third Masters, the left-handed Weir shot a third-round 71 and is in 12th place at 2-under par.

TWO TEE, OR NOT TWO TEE

The 45 golfers who made the cut began their third rounds playing off split tees, Nos. 1 and 10. The last two-tee start was in 1982 when first-round play was completed Friday and second-round play followed.

LIMITED FIELD

Just 45 players survived the second-round cut Saturday morning. That's the lowest number of golfers advancing to weekend play since 1996 (44). The Masters takes the top 44 and ties to the third round.

IN THE MONEY

The winner of today's Masters will become an instant millionaire. Of the $5.6 million purse, $1.08 million goes to the champion. Second-place receives $604,800, while third place is worth $380,800.