Untimely back-to-back bogeys have stalled Australian golfer Aaron Baddeley’s assault in the third round of the Masters.

Baddeley birdied the second hole to move within two of the lead and when he made a miracle par save on the fifth he was tied fifth and right amongst it.

But bogeys on the sixth and seventh holes quickly dropped the Victorian off the top page of the leaderboard.

Baddeley is now one-under par for the tournament through 10 holes on Saturday, four shots adrift of co-leaders Matt Kuchar (eight holes) and Lee Westwood (six holes) who are five-under.

Jason Dufner (six holes), Francesco Molinari (16 holes), Hunter Mahan (15 holes), Henrik Stenson (11 holes), Peter Hanson (10 holes) and Louis Oosthuizen (six holes) are tied fourth at four-under.

Baddeley made a nice 10-foot birdie putt on the second and burned the edge of the hole with chances on the third and fourth before the fifth hole looked to get the better of him.

After a triple bogey on the hole yesterday Baddeley appeared headed for another big number when his 10 metre birdie putt up a huge ridge with a double break was short and rolled all the way back to his feet.

Faced with the same monumental task Baddeley found his mojo and holed out for a miracle par.

But his luck left him off the tee at six where he left the ball on the right fringe in an impossible place, forcing to face away from the hole and use the entire green contour to get the ball to 13-feet from the pin.

The 31-year-old missed the par save and then cut his tee shot on the seventh into a tree, meaning he was short of the green in two.

A long chip shot left him dangerously seven feet above the hole and when the ball shot low he was heading the wrong way on the leaderboard.

Earlier, Tiger Woods drew some old-fashioned Saturday roars but appears to have surrendered any chance of a 15th major and fifth green jacket.

Starting the day eight shots off the lead Woods missed an early birdie chance on the second hole before rallying the huge galleries with back-to-back birdies.

But Woods three-putted the sixth green for bogey to stop his momentum.

A further bogey came at the ninth hole and he parred home leaving him even on the round and three-over for the tournament in 40th place.

Adam Scott is even par for the day through 17 holes to move to a tie for 30th at one-over par, the same position as Geoff Ogilvy after a 71.