World No.1 Jason Day may have scorched TPC Sawgrass but Adam Scott and the rest of the Australians copped heavy blows from the notoriously tough course.
Day's bogey-free 63, which equalled the course record, gave Australian fans plenty to enjoy in the first round of the Players Championship.
However his six countrymen weren't smiling after some horror finishes.
Former champion Scott failed to make a putt of significant length in his opening 17 holes yet still sat three under on the 18th tee without a bogey.
Then he hooked a two-iron tee shot into the water on the last and hit his third shot right along a cart path to well past the green.
From a near impossible position he chipped back into the water and then three-putted for a quadruple bogey eight and a round of 73.
"(I'm in a) little bit of shock. It was not far from an okay round with nothing exciting happening and then it all happens. Far too exciting on the last, in the wrong way," Scott said.
"A couple of bad shots and it adds up to a lot."
If it's any comfort, the last time Scott made a quadruple bogey on tour he also won the tournament - at the Honda Classic earlier this season.
While Scott was making a mess of 18, John Senden was doing the same on nine, his last hole.
Coming off a bogey on the eighth the Queenslander had a fight with bushes short left of the green and the bushes won, leaving him with a triple bogey eight and a round of 75.
Aaron Baddeley, who is fighting to regain a tour card this season, was six under after 15 holes before dropping three strokes at the finish for a 69.
Baddeley doubled the seventh and bogeyed the eighth at the death.
Matt Jones dropped eight shots in his final 11 holes, with a double on four and triple on eight for a 78.
Even worse, Steven Bowditch lost seven shots in his last four holes, going double bogey, bogey, double bogey, double bogey from 15-18 to plummet to an 80.
Marc Leishman shot 70 as he offset five birdies and an eagle with three bogeys and a double bogey.
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