Tiger Woods Parents: Who are Mom and Dad?

Question: Tiger Woods Parents: Who are Mom and Dad?

Answer: Who are Tiger Woods' parents? This is who:

• Tiger Woods father: Tiger's dad is Earl Woods Sr. Earl Woods was born in March of 1932 and died in May of 2006 at age 74. Earl Sr. is also the grandfather of Tiger Woods' niece Cheyenne Woods. Earl was a member of the United States Army and served during the Vietnam War. He introduced Tiger to golf before Tiger was even old enough to walk.

• Tiger Woods mother: Tiger's mother is Kultida Woods (maiden name Punsawad). She is a native of Thailand. She is called "Tida" by friends.

Tiger Woods' parents were married in Brooklyn, New York, in 1969, after meeting in Thailand in 1966 when Earl was stationed there during his U.S. Army service. Tiger Woods is their only child together (Earl Woods had three children with his first wife), and Tiger was born in 1975.

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