Tiger Woods posted a somber note to his social media channels, announcing that his mother, Kultida, had passed away. She was 80 years old. Ever since Woods could first hold a club, his mother was right there by his side,

Tiger Woods says his mother, Kultida, has died. Woods did not give details on the Tuesday morning death of his 78-year-old mother.

She instilled Tiger Woods’s dominant spirit and encouraged him to wear a red shirt on Sunday as his power color.