If the spectators turned up hoping to see big, bad John Daly "lose it" they were disappointed.
If they turned up to see the larger-than-life American walking headline play golf, they weren't.
The last time Daly graced Hyatt Coolum's fairways he left in disgrace after hurtling his putter into a lake.
Today he tossed a ball into the water beside the 14th green which went almost unnoticed.
He'd double bogeyed three holes earlier and was understandably feeling frustrated.
"I always thought he had a great demeanour on the golf course most of the time," noted playing partner and 2002 US Open winner Geoff Ogilvy, whose opening-round 67 puts him on course to end his frustrating Australian tournament drought.
"That's why it kind of looked strange when it went all crazy on him because you never saw it coming.
"He was calm out there (on Thursday) and there wasn't anything muttered under his breath or anything.
"It was just John Daly playing golf, it was nice."
Daly, who has had more marriage bust-ups than major wins - of which he has two - and is as well known for his headline-grabbing deeds off the course as on it, may disagree with Ogilvy's comment about how "nice it was".
In a recent interview aired on the sports channel, Daly likened the golf ball to a woman.
"The golf ball -- I tell you what .... sometimes it can treat you as bad as my three .... four ex-wives," he said.
"Other times it can be like having a date with Angelina Jolie or Halle Berry or someone like that.
He continued: "Sometimes it doesn't do the things you want it to do, but then again, sometimes it does things it's just not supposed to do that helps you.
"Sometimes it's the mean woman and sometimes it's the most perfect woman in the world."
It's never a long time between drinks for Daly, who recently found himself in the lock up after another of his benders.
It's those kind of antics as much as his ability to monster a golf ball that draws the crowds.
He hit-off the 10th tee at 7.25am on Thursday and halfway through his opening round with Ogilvy and young Sim the gallery following was "Normanesque-like".
When he plopped his tee shot to the 162 metre par three 11th hole into the water, his second hole of his round, there was an expectation bad memories of Coolum could come flooding back.
The volunteer on the side of the green relayed the group's score to officials this way: "Ogilvy three, Sim three, Daly five, but the good news is he didn't throw his putter in the water".
Tournament organisers have been criticised for paying appearance money to a player who has not raised a trophy since 2004 and who has crashed from number 29 in the world rankings in 2005 to 710.
But if Daly makes the weekend cut and hangs onto his putter, it could be money very well spent.
