Tiger Woods announced that his mother, Kultida, died Tuesday morning. She was 78.

She loved watching her son play, but her pride was in the how more than the how many. And while Tiger could rage in the heat of battle, he possessed a palpable serenity when it was all over. "I knew that if I went out there and put myself out on the limb and I failed,

Kultida Woods, mother of Tiger and a bedrock foundation in his life from his earliest moments to his most recent ventures, died early Tuesday morning, the legendary golfer announced. She was 80 years old.