Kultida Woods- 15 Facts You Didn’t Know About Tiger Woods Mum

There would have been no Tiger Woods without Kultida Woods. Most people are familiar with Mr. Woods, one of the greatest athletes in the 21st century. The golfer has made his mark in golf and has been dubbed to be amongst the wealthiest athletes in the world. But surprisingly, not many know of the multi Grandmaster golfer’s mum, Kultida Woods. Here are 12 facts you didn’t know about Tiger Woods’s mum.

Details You Never Knew About Kultida Woods

1. Where Is She From?

Kultida Woods hails from Thailand and was born in Kanchanaburi, a small town outside Bangkok in modern-day, Thailand. At birth in 1944, she was named Kultida Punsawad and only changed from Kultida Punsawad to Kultida Woods when she got married to Earl Woods Snr, the father of the famed golfer in 1969.

2. She is Interracial

Tiger Woods mother has her roots in Thai, Dutch, and Chinese, her parents were of mixed race, which affected her when she was newly settled in America where people of color still suffered pockets of racism.

3. Kutilda was from a broken home

Little is known about her parents and their occupation but it is confirmed that she grew up with her mum and grandparents. This is because her parents divorced when she was still a little girl.

4. What Do Her Friends Call Her?

Though the media popularly refers to her as “the mother of Tiger Woods”, Kultida Woods is popular amongst her friends and family who most times address her as ” Tida” her swift moniker. She is fond of these her friends and most times spend her time in their midst enjoying each other’s company and other times, going in groups to support her son playing his favorite game from childhood, only this time, he is a professional participating in tournaments.

5. What is Kultida Woods’s Religion?

Like most Thai people, Kultida Woods grew up in a family whose method of worship was Buddhism. Hence, it does not come off as a surprise that the 77-years-old still practices Buddhism. It is also not surprising that her son, Tiger Woods is also a practicing Buddhist, following in the footsteps of his mother. Importantly, he has credited religion to be behind his success as a golfer.

Apart from just raising her son as a Buddhist, Kultida Woods named him “Tont” to pacify her religion and Thai traditions.

6. She is a very generous individual

There are many posts about Kultida Woods philanthropy activities which she carries out through The Tiger Woods Foundation. She has been able to help the less privileged through her schemes in this foundation owned by her son. One of which is financially supporting children to attend schools in her home country, Thailand.

7. How Did She Meet Earl?

Tiger Woods mother first met Earl Woods Snr as a young military officer of the United States Army in 1966 when he was stationed in Thailand. They got into a relationship soon and officially tied the knot as man and wife three years after they met in 1969 in Brooklyn, New York.

8. Tiger Woods Mother Worked As A Secretary And Then, A Banker

Before Earl Woods, she worked as a Secretary at the United States Army office in Bangkok. Even though this was where she met Earl Woods Snr, she was already a worker at the office before he came in as a young officer.

After moving to the United States in 1968 and wedded Earl Woods the following year, she began work at a bank in Brooklyn.

9. She was once cheated on by her late husband

Although she remained and always loved her husband till death, Earl cheated on her a number of times. It was because of this that she was very furious when she found out that Tiger Woods had been cheating on his wife, Elin Nordegren. More so, she had a close relationship with her former daughter-in-law.

10. Kutilda Woods Is A Tigeress

While Tiger Woods is known as a strong and independent individual, his mother is also a strong tigress on her own. She revealed that it was from her that her son got to learn to become strong and independent and not to waste time on people they don’t like. Since she was a little girl, her mum would always get worried about what people would think, but she had never made that a thing to disturb her peace; she never gave a damn.

11. She Lost Her Husband In 2010

It is a thing of joy to see couples keep to their marital vows, and enjoy the ride of happily ever after, through thick and thin they go through their marriage for better, for worse, and till death do them part. This is the story of Earl and Kultida Woods who remained married until May 3, 2006, when Earl Woods died and his beloved wife Kultida Woods mourned the demise of the love of her life.

12. Kultida Woods Lives A Private Life

Until now, she is barely known because she does not enjoy the spotlight and prefers to remain in the background. Though her late husband mainly was seen when he was alive, granting interviews surrounding his son and his son’s career, Kultida shies away from all of these and this is one trait she has come to be known for.

13. Tiger Woods Mum is Very Supportive

Tiger Wood’s mother was a very supportive mother who showed her undisputed loyalty to her son in many ways. From the start of his career to date, she proves that she would always be at his side.

One of the numerous ways Kultida shows her support is at the very beginning when she and her husband had to take out a second mortgage for their home because Tiger needed the extra funding.

Also, she has taken her son’s personal and professional life personally. His famous feud with Phil Mickelson was one that she also took to heart. On a couple of occasions, she aired her thoughts about her son’s rival and his fame.

When her son was in the news for his cheating scandal, Tiger Wood’s mum also took to defending him after he publicly apologized. Although Kultida was very fond of her daughter-in-law, she also supported her son.

When the famous golfer had an accident in 2021, Mrs. Wood was there almost immediately. She was at the scene minutes after it happened, according to the reports put out.

14. Kultida Woods Has Another Favorite Golfer 

A huge Tigress she is but this does not stop her from admiring other notable golf players. She admitted to liking Bryon Nelson a lot and her son also does. She was opportune to meet the legendary golfer before he passed on in 2006.

Upon meeting with him, Tiger Wood’s mum instantly liked him and took him as one of her favorites in the sport. Amazingly, her son shares the same thought with her.

15. What is Kultida Woods’s Net Worth?

Tiger Woods’s mother, Kultida Woods’ net worth isn’t public knowledge and the reason for this borders on the fact that her career in the past couple of years isn’t known. Admittedly, she worked as a secretary and banker at some points in her life.

The aforementioned careers have not been enough to peg the celebrity mother’s net worth to a substantial amount yet. Her son on the other hand has a net worth reading in billions. According to Forbes, the golfer’s net worth has risen to $1 billion.

This huge net worth he got from his prize monies as a professional golfer, endorsement deals, and other ventures.

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