Tiger Woods announced Feb. 4 that his mother has died. “It is with heartfelt sadness that I want to share that my dear mother, Kultida Woods, passed away early this morning,” he wrote on social media,

Kultida Woods, who was from Thailand, met Tiger's father, Earl, during the Vietnam War. They moved to New York and married in 1969 before settling in California. The 15-time major winner's father died in 2006. The two were married for 37 years.

Golf great Tiger Woods revealed his mother, Kultida, died Tuesday morning. She was 78.