Tiger Woods says that his mother, Kultida, has died at age 80. The golfer credited her for his success and encouraging his signature look of red shirts.

Tiger Woods announced that his mother, Kultida, died on Tuesday morning. No cause of death was immediately available. “My Mom was a force of nature al her own, her spirit was simply undeniable,” Woods said in a statement on social media.

She loved watching her son play, but her pride was in the how more than the how many. And while Tiger could rage in the heat of battle, he possessed a palpable serenity when it was all over. "I knew that if I went out there and put myself out on the limb and I failed,