Family Life

My name is Eldrick Woods. My name is unique because it starts with the first letter of my father’s name, Earl, and ends with the first letter of my mother’s name, Kultida. I received my nick name at a young age from my father. He got this nick name from a soldier named Nguyen Phong, his nick name was “Tiger”. My father fought in the Vietnam War with this man, and his life was saved by Phong. Nguyen Phong became a hero to my father, and he repaid him by naming me “Tiger”. I am of many different backgrounds. My mother is mostly Asian, and my father is African-American, Native American, and Caucasian. I have remained close to all of these backgrounds over the years. When I was younger, my mother taught my Buddhism. This became very important to me. My mother was a stay at home mother, and my father was a soldier in the Vietnam war, where he met Nguyen Phong. My father didn’t just give me support morally, he served as my coach for a long time as a child. He taught me how to play the game and helped me become the golfer that I am today. He recently passed away during the PGA Tour season, which gave me troubles in my game because I couldn’t stop thinking about it.