Tiger Woods pens 'encouraging' letter to 'depressed' fan attempting suicide

Tiger Woods wrote an encouraging letter to his fan who tried to commit suicide after being bullied for his stutter.

Sophie Gustafson, a Swedish professional golfer and the one who mentored Dillon, a great fan of the American golfer, put out the story of stuttering of her student on the website Golf Digest so that it reaches to Woods and he find something encouraging for the high school kid, E! Online reported.

The 41-year-old Swedish golfer, who was informed by Dillon's mother, wrote that the teen boy had a bad week when he attempted suicide as he had been teased about his stuttering, but fortunately when tried to commit suicide his parents stopped him to jump out of the window.

Gustafson at the end thanked the 39-year-old golf star for his motivational message that Dillon has framed and hanged on the wall and also shared that the boy's health was improving although with some small steps but it is.