Augusta, Ga. ? A brief look at Saturday’s play in the 69th Masters Tournament.

Catching up: Augusta National still is struggling to catch up after the first shot of the tournament was delayed nearly 51/2 hours by rain. Another round of storms halted play early Friday afternoon, and there wasn’t enough time Saturday to finish the second round, make the cut and complete the third round. Only six players got through 54 holes.

Who’s ahead: Chris DiMarco led after the first and second rounds with a pair of 5-under-par 67s and pushed his score to 13 under in the third round, shooting 33 on the front nine before darkness halted play. DiMarco has only one bogey in 45 holes.

Who’s next: Tiger Woods is four strokes behind DiMarco, storming back into contention after opening the tournament with a 74. Woods finished off a 66 in the second round — the best score of the tournament so far — and got off to a great start in the third round with 31 on the front nine. Thomas Bjorn of Denmark is the only other player within striking distance of DiMarco, standing at 8 under through nine holes.

Front-runner: DiMarco has led a round at the Masters five times in five years, and it will be six if he can maintain his third-round advantage this morning. DiMarco led going to the final round a year ago, but he faded to a 76 playing in the final group with winner Phil Mickelson.

What’s next: The third round will resume at 7 a.m. Once that is completed, new pairings will be drawn up according to scores, and the fourth round will get under way. The forecast is good: sunshine, with highs in the upper 70s.

Dazed and confused: The third round was delayed about 20 minutes when the club failed to post tee times. A computer glitch was blamed for the problem. Fifty players made the cut at 4-over 148, and Augusta National officials decided to send them off in twosomes from both tees with hopes of playing as many holes before dark. But the club never posted tee times. Three members were on the putting green, studying 36-hole scores and trying to group players accordingly. Some players went off with the wrong partner in their twosome.

Feeling bad: Ernie Els normally contends at Augusta National, but he struggled just to make the cut and was far behind after a double bogey at the par-5 13th. Els said he’s been bothered by the flu since The Players Championship two weeks ago.

Noteworthy: DiMarco is trying to become the first wire-to-wire winner at the Masters since Raymond Floyd in 1976.

Television: today, 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., CBS (channels 5, 13).