AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods may not be playing this year, and Dustin Johnson may have dropped out before his first tee shot. But the top of the leaderboard entering Sunday’s final round at the Masters is a marketer’s dream, loaded with some of golf’s biggest stars.

Justin Rose. Sergio Garcia. Rickie Fowler. Jordan Spieth. All ranked among the top 14 in the world. All within two shots. Teeing off in twosomes on Sunday afternoon at Augusta National.

“It’s going to be fun,’’ Fowler said. “I think it’s going to be tough for someone to really run and distance themselves too much.’’

The first-timers and one-hit wonders played well in the first two rounds. But one by one, players such as William McGirt (T-11, even) Thomas Pieters (T-9, 1 under) and Charley Hoffman (T-4, 4 under) began sliding down the leaderboard. Hoffman was gunning to be a wire-to-wire winner, but a bogey on 14 and a double bogey on 16 on Saturday knocked him out of the lead.

Instead, the third round was time for the name players to vault to the top. Rose and Garcia, tied at 6 under, will tee off in the final group at 2:45 p.m. Fowler (5 under) and Spieth (4 under) will tee off just in front of them.

“Him and I could potentially go out, get off to a good start, we could really push each other,’’ Fowler said of Spieth­.

Rose, the 2013 US Open champion, has a chance to win his first green jacket after firing the low round of the day, a 67. His 5 under included seven birdies and two bogeys, including a clean 31 with five birdies on the back.

Rose, who also won the gold medal at last year’s Rio Olympics, is playing with the confidence of a former Masters champion. He believes he could have won a green jacket in 2015 when he finished second at 14 under. He was paired with Spieth in the final round that year.

“Lost to a record-setting performance, really,’’ Rose said of Spieth’s 18 under in 2015. “Many other years, my score would’ve been good enough. But I’m certainly not at the point where I’m getting ahead of myself. One-shot lead starting the day doesn’t mean much.’’

Certainly not with some of the top golfers in the world nipping at Rose’s heels. Garcia, still looking for his first major championship in 73 starts, began the day in a four-way tie for the lead, and maintained his steady play on Saturday. He is the only player to shoot under par in all three rounds.

Garcia shot a 2-under 70 with a bogey-free back nine on Saturday, thanks to a little luck. His approach shot on the par-5 13th hole looked headed straight for Rae’s Creek, but the ball magically held up in the rough on the bank of the creek. Garcia went on to birdie the hole.

“Fortunately for me, that bank seems to be a tiny bit longer this year,’’ Garcia said. “I feel like I’ve played 13 well all week and got nothing out of it, and today I feel like I got a nice break.’’

Fowler also began the day tied for the lead, and remains in the hunt after shooting a steady 71. Fowler, 28, has never won a major, and seems to be getting back to his 2014 form, when he finished in the top five at all four majors.

“This is by far the best I’ve felt in a major,’’ he said. “Just this week, how I feel physically, mentally, how my game feels, how I feel just about life. I feel great on the golf course. It feels like I’m right where I’m supposed to be.’’

And Spieth, of course, has a roller coaster of stakes to play for on Sunday. He can win his second green jacket, he could earn a top-two finish for the fourth consecutive year, and he has a chance to atone for last year’s collapse, when he lost despite leading by five strokes with nine holes to play.

“Jordan obviously has a special relationship with the Masters,’’ Rose said. “Rickie is a very confident player — he’s going to be all up for it tomorrow. Sergio is going to have a great opportunity. I’m looking for more. These are wonderful story lines.’’

Of course, with 10 players under par and 14 within six shots of the lead, the tournament is still very much up for grabs. Ryan Moore and Hoffman (both 4 under) are still in the hunt, 2013 Masters champion Adam Scott (3 under) is in seventh place after shooting a bogey-free 69 on Saturday, and Charl Schwartzel (2 under), Lee Westwood and Pieters (1 under) are within striking distance.

Ben Volin can be reached at ben.volin@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter@BenVolin