Just as Tiger Woods' stock was plunging with uncontrollable speed, there was a British golfer making quiet yet crucial progress in his rehabilitation from the lowest point of his own career.
But the circumstances couldn't be more different - the only self-inflicted aspect to Paul Casey's problem was undertaking a drill that had him over-reaching as he sought more power from his driver.
It was, of course Tiger's driving of a different kind that triggered the remarkable chain of events that leave the golfing world wondering when it will see the game's best player again.
What we can, happily, say with certainty is that we do know when we will see Casey, because the world number eight begins his 2010 season this week in a field of champions in Hawaii at the SBS Championship.
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There should be no doubt that 2010 has the potential to be a vintage year for golf. Forget for a moment the credit crunch, the gaps in the calendar, the tournaments under threat and the sponsorship deals still to be done.
Leave aside the current troubles of the sport's top player and instead look ahead to what should be a fantastic twelve months for golf fans. Here are ten reasons to be cheerful in 2010:
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At last, someone in authority has been prepared to take questions pertaining to Tiger's troubles. Silence has been broken and golf has a voice.
It is a shame it is a monotone, but you can't have everything, and this is Tim Finchem, the PGA Tour's Commissioner, we are talking about.
Predictably, the answers weren't exactly dynamite and most could have been anticipated ahead of his traditional year-end teleconference, one that surely attracted a record numbers of listeners.
Finchem managed to deliver a rare dose of good news to the beleaguered Tiger Woods, perhaps the first that's gone the way of the world number one since his family life imploded three weeks ago.
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