Augusta — Stewart Cink has never shot a final round in the 60s at the Masters, but he has never been this high on the leaderboard, either.

The Duluth resident and Georgia Tech alumnus is sixth, seven shots behind leader Trevor Immelman.

Cink might only have the slightest of chances to win today, but that's better than no chance.

"Probably I'll need to have the golf course set up with birdies in mind, like they typically do on Sundays, and some pretty nervous leaders," Cink said. "I'll need to play aggressively and pick them off as they come. All you can do is just try to do your best and see where you end up around 14 or 15, and then I'm kind of going for broke."

Cink's 1-under-par 71 on Saturday made him 4-under through three rounds, four shots better at this stage than in any of his previous 10 Masters.

Before Saturday, he had never been higher than ninth on the leaderboard after any round at Augusta. He has never finished higher than 10th. But he goes into today not just hoping to improve on that 2006 finish but to win. He's 34, a four-time PGA Tour winner, secure enough financially to gamble today in pursuit of a victory.

He has heard a lot of "Go Jackets" shouts from Tech fans here. He'll hear some Tiger roars Sunday. He's paired with Woods.

"If you're playing with him on the weekend," Cink said, "you're doing something right."