Golf Channel · Oct 12, 2016
The Napa Way: Safeway soldiers on without Tiger
NAPA, Calif. – There aren’t any towering likeness of Tiger Woods sprawled about Silverado Resort & Spa. No extra inventory of red Nike shirts in the Safeway Open merchandise tent. No programs with the big cat on the cover.
That wouldn’t be the Napa way.
Instead, officials bill the boutique tournament as a place to enjoy wine and music and food - and wine.
So when Woods announced on Monday that he wouldn’t be making the event his high-profile return to competition after a 14-month hiatus, there was no panic, no post-mortem, no pity party.
That wouldn’t be the Napa way, either.
It turns out the party, and the tournament, will go on as scheduled.