Tiger rolls in another birdie. (Getty Images)

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The greatest round in major championship history - all 145 years of it - slipped from Tiger Woods' grasp at Augusta today.

But turning a four-stroke deficit into a three-stroke lead going into the final round of the Masters was enough to keep Woods a very contented man as he prepared for the last lap.

The three-time champion equalled two records and set another with his seven successive birdies from the seventh to the 13th.

He also matched his lowest-ever round on the course with a seven-under-par 65. But he may never get a better chance to score the first-ever 62 in major golf.

As overnight leader Chris DiMarco dramatically collapsed to an inward 41 and a round of 74 Woods needed only one birdie and four pars over the closing stretch to beat the 20 rounds of 63 achieved in the Masters, United States, Open and USPGA Championship.

Instead, however, he three-putted the 14th, took a bogey six on the long 15th and parred the last three.

Woods insisted the thought of a 62 - or something even lower - never entered his mind.

"You don't think that way," he said, repeating the one-shot-at-a-time mantra essential to success at the top level.

As for his position - 11 under against DiMarco's eight under after they had begun the back nine at 8am nine under and 13 under respectively - Woods added: "It was a nice turnaround.

"Realistically I didn't think Chris would play the back nine like he did."