The pro golfer is mourning the loss of his late mother, Kultida. Learn more about the woman who raised Tiger and his dad here ...

Earl Woods. The late Earl Dennison Woods passed away on May 3, 2006. Earl Woods met Kultida Punsawad in 1966 while he was stationed in Thailand as a part of the United States Army Special Forces.

The 15-time major champion always credited his mother for being a quiet force in his success and suggested he wear red on Sundays.

Love you Mom." Tiger was Kultida and Earl Woods’ only child together. Tiger has a few half-siblings from his father’s first marriage. Kultida met Earl while he was on tour of duty in the ...

Dad traveled. And I went out and played the AJGA Tour on our second mortgage." While Earl Woods trained the young Tiger to be both mentally tough and physically superior, Kultida remained in the ...

It was there, in 1966, that she met Earl Woods, a Green Beret who served in the 6th Special Forces Group. Earl and Kultida married in 1969 and moved to the U.S., first living in Brooklyn ...

Thank you, Mommy.” A native of Thailand, Kultida met Woods' father, Earl, in the 1960s during the Vietnam War after both were stationed at the same base in Southeast Asia. She joined Earl in the ...

Love you Mom." Tiger was Kultida and Earl Woods’ only child together. Tiger has a few half-siblings from his father’s first marriage. Kultida met Earl while he was on tour of duty in the ...

Kultilda Punsawad was born in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, on Sept. 30, 1946, and met Earl Woods in the country when she was a secretary in Bangkok and he was on a military assignment. (The elder Mr ...