Robert Karlsson didn't look at the leaderboard Saturday until a post-round interview with a television crew from his native Sweden.

There was his name, listed for the moment on the big board at No. 18 along with Trevor Immelman, Brandt Snedeker and Tiger Woods.

"There are too many holes to go," said Karlsson, at 2-under and tied for seventh after his 71 on Saturday. "There are no prizes for being on the leaderboard on Saturday. It's nice it's there. I can sit here now and look at it."

Karlsson, 38, looked tan and relaxed. Smiles came easily. He could have been playing a course in Sweden, or his current residence, Monaco, not fresh off another major battle with par in only his second Masters Tournament.

He also could have been stewing over his outcome at the par-4 18, a double bogey that moved his score from 4-under to 2-under, but it was a non-issue.

"That happened, and I can't do anything about it," Karlsson said. "Obviously, you're going to hit bad shots on this course. You have to deal with whatever happens. You're going to look like a fool sometimes, like I did on 18. That's a part of golf."

He had looked like a champ two holes earlier, when he sank a 40-foot birdie putt from the bottom of the green on the par-3 16.

"It was good fun," he said. "I don't usually get emotionally caught up."

In his rookie attempt in 2007, Karlsson tied for 30th at 13-over 301 after averaging 75.25 per round and not posting a round under par. He learned by trial and too many errors.

He came to Augusta this year with "no expectations whatsoever, just to be here and enjoy the week." "I did enjoy it last year," he said, "but was a bit disappointed with how many mistakes I did around the course. So far, over three days, I've made two mental mistakes. That's really, really good."

He has posted rounds of 70, 73 and 71.

After Saturday's round, Karlsson was going to work on what he called "clumsy bunker shots," then go feed his children and relax with his family.

"The most important thing here is not to put yourself into position where you don't have a chance to get up and down," Karlsson said. "If you don't get up and down, that's one thing. But you hit it into position where you're sort of, 'Oops, I shouldn't have put it here,' that's the key to this course."

After a round with four birdies, one bogey and the double bogey, Karlsson was pleased.

"All in all, it was a pretty good round," he said. "I'm looking forward to tomorrow to keep it going."