A classic final round is shaping up at Augusta National Golf Club.

Kenny Perry and Angel Cabrera, long-hitting veterans, share the 54-hole lead in the Masters with 11-under-par 205 totals. Cabrera shot 69, his third straight round in the 60s. Perry missed matching that feat with a 70 after rounds of 68-67.

They are two strokes ahead of Chad Campbell (72-207), who shared the lead with Perry after two rounds. Jim Furyk is another shot back at 208 and Steve Stricker is at 209. Furyk and Stricker each had four-under-par 68s, matching Saturday’s best round.

Four-time champion Tiger Woods (70) and two-time winner Phil Mickelson (71) are in a group of nine golfers at four-under-par 212.

Perry, 48, who would become the oldest major champion, isn't looking too far ahead or contemplating what Sunday’s final round might bring. He’s determined to "stay in the moment, stay ready."

"This golf course is very difficult and very demanding," he said. "I had a tough day out there. Somehow I need to get through the front nine with a decent score. It’s going to be a big test for me. I'm looking forward to the challenge. I'm looking forward to seeing what I got. This may be my last time to have this kind of opportunity.

"So I'm going to enjoy it, for us … I've got something I can achieve. It will move me up another notch on the totem pole. I go from a good player to maybe people start thinking I'm a better player than just a good player."

Cabrera, an Argentine with an easy manner, is the 2007 U.S. Open champion. He has proven he can handle the pressure of a final round in a major championship. At Oakmont Country Club in suburban Pittsburgh, he held off Woods and Furyk, two of golf’s finest players.

"This third round was much better than the third round I played in the U.S. Open," Cabrera said. "To score well in the third round of a major is a big thing. I have this position and I have to make the most of it. What I learned is that I can win big tournaments."

Cabrera also knows what to expect Sunday when he tees it up alongside Perry in the final pairing.

"I played with Kenny several times," Cabrera said through an interpreter. "He’s a great competitor and I'm sure he’s feeling very good about what he’s doing."

Perry was the only golfer to reach 12-under-par when he made birdie at the 10th but quickly gave back the advantage with a bogey-bogey sequence at the 11th and 12th. Perry recovered nicely to make a birdie at the 13.

Campbell shared the lead with Perry at 11-under-par before a double-bogey 5 at the 16th came when he blocked his tee shot on the par 3 into a greenside bunker. Campbell left the first attempt in the bunker, hit a fine second bunker shot, but missed a six-foot putt for bogey.

However, Campbell didn't dwell on his misfortune. He immediately got one stroke back with a birdie at the 17th and again moved to within one shot of the leaders before a final bogey at the 18th.

"I've still got a great opportunity to win this and I’ve got to come out and do it," said Campbell, still smiling.

Furyk is back in contention at Augusta National where he has three top 10 finishes, the most recent in 2003. He narrowly missed a second bogey-free round when he made 5 at the 17th hole after driving into the trees. His opening 68 included no bogeys.

"I felt in control, felt pretty good with my golf swing," said Furyk, the 2003 U.S. Open champion.

"If conditions continue to be soft you're probably going to have to be aggressive in spots and put up a good number. I’m close enough if I play a good round (Sunday), I can have a chance."

Englishman Ian Poulter is in the distinguished group at four-under-par after his 68, along with Anthony Kim, who shot 72.

"The greens, obviously with the storm (Friday night), they're a lot softer than what I thought they were going to be," said Poulter, playing in his fifth Masters.

Poulter didn't venture a guess as to what margin might be too much to overcome Sunday but at four-under-par alongside Woods, Mickelson and the others, he is seven strokes behind.

"It depends on how the course is going to play," Poulter said. "I think seven shots might be a push."

Mickelson has his magic numbers in mind.

"For me to have a chance it’s going to take a 64 or 65 but I think it’s out there," he said.

Furyk doesn't "want to count those guys out.

"Anthony Kim put up 11 birdies (in Friday’s second round)," Furyk said. "It can be done but (the leaders) control their own destiny. If they go out and fire four-, five–under, they take those (challengers) out of play."