It needs something special to take the attention off Greg Norman whenever he plays in Australia.
And when the former world number one, a week away from his 46th birthday, almost makes an albatross on his final hole and grabs a share of the lead it requires something very, very special for him not to be the story.
But at the Heineken Classic in Perth yesterday Scotland's Dean Robertson, at 5 ft 8 in and 11 stones, a minnow in the sport compared to Norman, found a way.
Just as Norman was speaking about how an opening 66 - eight better than playing partner Nick Faldo - had him thinking of his first victory for three years, Robertson was producing an even more sparkling conclusion to his day's work.
By holing first a 35-foot putt for a birdie and then a 103-yard pitch for an eagle at his last two holes it was suddenly the 30-year-old from Paisley out in front with a seven under par 65.
And since it is only two weeks ago that he had the round of his life, a first day 62 en route to joint third place at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa, Robertson is starting to look like the golfer he always thought he could be.
"Without being cocky you've got to believe in yourself out here because otherwise you're on a hiding to nothing," said the former Scottish amateur champion, whose only European Tour victory so far was the Italian Open two years ago.
"I feel there's a lot more to come from me than I've shown, but you have to be patient. You can't force it and have a bad temperament."
Norman's near-albatross came when his second shot to the 517-yard 18th hit the flagstick, but rolled 10 feet away.
He made the eagle putt and only then discovered that even if the ball had gone in for a two there would have been no £200,000 bonus. That is not on offer until the last two rounds.
Faldo followed him in from eight feet for a matching eagle, but there was little else they had in common.
"I struggled with everything prior to that," said Faldo, disappointed not to do better a fortnight after sharing third spot with Robertson in Johannesburg.
The third member of the group, Australian left-hander Nick O'Hern, also shot 66 to share second place with Norman and they were a stroke in front of a group which included Dane Thomas Bjorn - winner in 1998 and runner-up last year - and Swede Pierre Fulke.
Fulke and Justin Rose were two others to eagle the 18th - both from less than four feet in their cases - and for 20-yearold Rose, twice a runner-up already this season, it kept his spirits high with a two under 70.
The only Irish participants were David Higgins and Ronan Rafferty who shot a 74 and 76.
