Kultida Woods, the Thai-born mother of Tiger Woods who instilled his dominant spirit and encouraged him to wear a red shirt on Sunday as his power color, died Tuesday.

Woods announced the death of his 80-year-old mother in a social media post. He did not disclose a cause or other details. She was at his indoor TMRW Golf League match last week in South Florida, where she lived.

He described her as a “force of nature” who was his biggest supporter from the time she drove him to junior golf tournaments in California to being there for his 15 major championships, often wearing her wide-brimmed visor and sunglasses.

“It is with heartfelt sadness that I want to share that my dear mother, Kultida Woods, passed away early this morning,” Woods wrote. “My Mom was a force of nature all her own, her spirit was simply undeniable. She was quick with the needle and a laugh. She was my biggest fan, greatest supporter, without her none of my personal achievements would have been possible. She was loved by so many, but especially by her two grandchildren, Sam and Charlie.”

President Donald Trump was among those who reached out with a post on his Truth Social, calling her “an amazing influence” on Woods.

Woods’ father, Earl, died in 2006.

MLB

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Baltimore lost right fielder Anthony Santander to free agency, but the Orioles have added Tyler O’Neill, Dylan Carlson and now Laureano to their outfield — which also includes holdovers Cedric Mullins, Colton Cowser and Heston Kjerstad.

Grichuk stays with Arizona >> Outfielder Randal Grichuk is returning to Arizona for a second season with a one-year, $5 million deal after hitting .291 with 12 homers and 46 RBIs in 254 at-bats.

Tennis

Former star Halep retires at 33 >> Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep announced her retirement from tennis at age 33 after a first-round loss at a tournament in her home country of Romania, ending an injury-filled comeback from a doping suspension.

Halep retired he crowd in Cluj-napoca, Romania, following her 6-1, 6-1 loss to Lucia Bronzetti in the Transylvania Open.

That was the first match of the year for Halep, who reached No. 1 in the WTA rankings for the first time in 2017 but is now 870th and was given a wild-card invitation to play in Romania.

Motorsports

NASCAR to award a point for fastest lap in races >> NASCAR introduced a new rule that will award one point to the team and driver with the fastest single lap in each race.

The “Xfinity Fastest Lap” was added as part of a contract renewal between NASCAR and Xfinity.