Golf legend Tiger Woods announced his mom Kultida Woods has died at the age of 81, calling her “a force of nature all her own ...

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

Woods returned to competition a month later and missed the cut in the U.S. Open, the first time as a pro he had missed the cut at a major. Earl Woods had been battling cancer. His mother's passing ...

Tiger Woods' parents, Kultida Woods and Earl Woods, met on a Bangkok U.S. Army base in the late 1960s Emily Weaver is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.