Cabrera, Snedeker co-leaders entering final round Sunday

Brandt Snedeker and Angel Cabrera posted matching 69s to tie for the Masters Tournament lead after three rounds.

Cabrera, the 2009 green jacket winner, closed with birdies at Nos. 16 and 18 to match Snedeker at 7-under-par 209. The 43-year-old Argentinian is seeking his third major victory.

Snedeker posted pars on the first 12 holes. Then, he birdied Nos. 13, 15 and 16. Seeking his first major win, Snedeker is looking to avenge his 2008 Masters experience. Then, he entered the final round in second place only to close with 77.

Australian Adam Scott is alone in third at 6-under, with fellow countrymen Jason Day and Marc Leishman one shot behind him. Scott, who birdied Nos. 13, 15 and 17, shot 69 and is seeking to become the first Australian, as well as the first player using a long putter, to win the Masters.

Day posted 73, bogeying the final two holes. The 25-year-old Day had his first three-putt at No. 17, falling one shot off the pace. Then he three-putted for bogey at the closing hole.

Leishman, the first round co-leader, carded 72.

Fred Couples, the 1992 Masters champion, bogeyed Nos. 14 and 15 before posting a triple bogey at No. 17. The 53-year-old Couples shot 77 and is even for the tournament.

World No. 1 Tiger Woods posted 70 and is tied for seventh place. The four-time Masters champion, who was assessed a two-shot penalty early in the morning for an improper drop at No. 15 in the second round, had mixed results Saturday. Woods was even through 11 holes before birdieing three of the next four holes and finishing at 3-under. Woods has never won a major when trailing entering the final round.

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy posted a pair of 7s on the back nine en route to 79. With his second-worst round in the Masters, he stands at 5-over.

Phil Mickelson posted 77 to fall out of contention at 8-over.

Defending Masters champion Bubba Watson opened with three consecutive birdies and finished with 70. Watson is 2-over.

Tianlang Guan, the 14-year-old amateur, who received a slow-play penalty at No. 17 in the second round, got a warm ovation at the first tee. Guan, the lone amateur to survive the cut, shot 77 and finished in three hours and 55 minutes.