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

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.

Tiger Woods announced the death of his mother, Kultida, in a heartbreaking social media post on Tuesday. Kultida Woods was 78 years old.