A frustrated Adam Scott acknowledges he and Marc Leishman will have to sink every putt they look at if Australia are to make a late charge at the golf World Cup.
The Australians carded a two-under-par 70 during the third-round alternate shot at Kingston Heath on Saturday, giving the host nation a four-under total and slim hopes of catching frontrunners Thorbjorn Olesen and Soren Kjeldsen from Denmark in Sunday's best-ball format.
Scott and Leishman couldn't get any traction on the front nine, mixing a birdie and a bogey to make the turn at even par.
The pair picked up two shots coming home but conceded the final round will call for a career day on the greens.
Asked about the sluggish opening nine, world No.7 Scott admitted alternate-shot could have become ugly.
"I didn't mean to look frustrated, it's just a grind," Scott said.
"It's not easy and if you're not 100 per cent on in foursomes days, you can make an arse of yourself out there and shoot 80 no problem.
"We just haven't got any momentum going.
"We haven't had a hot nine holes to get us in the tournament and we might've left it too late."
The 2013 World Cup champion joked it was "never too late" to repeat Denmark's third-round 60.
"We're going to have to make every putt we look at," Scott said. "A hot day tomorrow can go a long way. If Denmark don't win we're not actually that far behind."
Scott and Leishman said they would amp up the aggression for a final-round bid at Australia's sixth World Cup title.
"You can only be so aggressive here; you just hit in the tea tree if you're off," Scott said.
"But there's a lot more freedom tomorrow, so if we can get balls in play there's a much better chance at going at pins.
"The greens have firmed up slightly too so it's going to be a little tougher to do that."
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