Private service held for Tiger Woods' father

Private funeral services were held for Earl Woods, father of golfing great Tiger Woods on Friday.

Among those in attendance were Earl's wife, Kultida, Tiger and his wife Elin.


Former basketball player Charles Barkley at funeral for Earl Woods, father of Tiger Woods. AP photo from Yahoo News.


Also in attendance were former basketball player Charles Barkley, volleyball player and model Gabrielle Reece, and professional golfers Mark O'Meara and John Cook.

Earl Woods has long suffered from prostrate cancer, and this year Tiger interrupted his schedule twice to visit his father. He missed the Mercedes Championship at the start of the season in his longest absence from the tour since turning professional.

Tiger reportedly is on a hiatus of indefinite length following his father's death.