{"id":270408,"date":"2025-02-04T20:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T20:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/about-his-mom-kultida-dad-earl-woods-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:28","slug":"about-his-mom-kultida-dad-earl-woods-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/about-his-mom-kultida-dad-earl-woods-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"About His Mom Kultida &#038; Dad Earl Woods \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1021662_d4ef09-e1738698203105.jpeg?resize=384%2C216\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tiger Woods' Parents: About His Mom &amp; Dad\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1021662_d4ef09-e1738698203105.jpeg?resize=384%2C216 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1021662_d4ef09-e1738698203105.jpeg?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1021662_d4ef09-e1738698203105.jpeg?resize=1536%2C864 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/tiger-woods\/9\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Tiger Woods<\/strong> <\/a>wouldn\u2019t be where he is today without his family. The pro golfer has credited his parents with raising him, and he\u2019s now mourning the loss of his mom, <strong>Kultida Woods<\/strong>. In February 2025, Tiger announced the death of his mother in a social media post. Kultida was 80 when she died.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">\u201cIt is with heartfelt sadness that I want to share that my dear mother, Kultida Woods, passed away early this morning,\u201d Tiger wrote in his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TigerWoods\/status\/1886816730569486452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1886816730569486452%7Ctwgr%5E38be0c1b24bb3fc39986b651a1086b2c1a7d151d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fgolf%2F2025%2F02%2F04%2Fkultida-woods-death-tiger-woods-mother%2F78212310007%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">announcement<\/a>. \u201cMy mom was a force of nature all her own, her spirit was simply undeniable. She was quick with the needle and a laugh. She was my biggest fan, greatest supporter, without her none of my personal achievements would have been possible. She was loved by so many, but especially by her two grandchildren, <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/tiger-woods-elin-norgden-kids-photos\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Sam and Charlie<\/a>. Thank you all for your support, prayers and privacy at this difficult time for me and my family. Love you Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Learn more about Tiger\u2019s parents and his family below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is with heartfelt sadness that I want to share that my dear mother, Kultida Woods, passed away early this morning. My Mom was a force of nature all her own, her spirit was simply undeniable. She was quick with the needle and a laugh. She was my biggest fan, greatest supporter,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RoKd0fsM9J\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">pic.twitter.com\/RoKd0fsM9J<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">\u2014 Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TigerWoods\/status\/1886816730569486452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">February 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Tiger Wood\u2019s Mother, Kultida Woods<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Kultida was from Thailand, and she met her husband, Earl, there while he was on a tour of duty in the 1960s. During Tiger\u2019s career in the public eye, he\u2019s opened up about his relationship with his mom a few times, including in a 2017 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/golf\/2017\/03\/20\/tiger-woods-1997-masters-book-my-story\/99418914\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><em>USA Today<\/em><\/a>. At the time, the athlete recalled how \u201ctough\u201d his mother was while he was growing up.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">\u201cShe\u2019s a very tough, tough old lady, very demanding. She was the hand, she was the one, I love her so much, but she was tough,\u201d Tiger admitted. \u201cMy dad was always the person who would plant seeds and give me encouragement but also would say things that would fester inside me that wouldn\u2019t come to fruition for a while,\u201d Tiger said. \u201cHe was very worldly and deep in his thinking. My mom was the enforcer. My dad may have been in the Special Forces, but I was never afraid of him. My mom\u2019s still here and I\u2019m still deathly afraid of her.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Tiger Woods\u2019 Father, Earl Woods<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">Tiger\u2019s father, Earl, died in 2006 following a battle with cancer. As Tiger pointed out in the past, his late dad was in the military and he played baseball, which initially inspired Tiger to try his hand at the sport. However, the world-renowned golf player tore his rotator cuff while pitching.<\/p>\n<h2>Does Tiger Woods Have Siblings?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">Tiger is the only child of Earl and Kultida, but he has half-brothers and half-sisters from his father\u2019s first marriage named Earl Jr., Royce Renee and Kevin Woods.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/tiger-woods-parents-mom-dad-5367416\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: Getty Images Tiger Woods wouldn\u2019t be where he is today without his family. 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