"It's never enough time to prepare a team in one week but this is an exceptional situation, " Hiddink added.

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"In normal times they might not be able to pull it off, but the exceptional situation we are in means they have a chance, " says Akino.

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They said they would review the "exceptional situation" involving Woods at the Masters, assess potential implications for other situations and decide whether the rules need to be adjusted.

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"It was an exceptional situation at King's Cross, " she said.

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But this is an exceptional situation.

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This is -- as he has said and others have said -- an extraordinary situation and an exceptional case.

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Walsh's situation is of course rather exceptional.

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This really is a crisis situation, likely of extended duration, that will require exceptional leadership and broad, multi-discipline technical competence to manage in the near term, and to overcome in the longer term.

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