 Woods beat Steve Stricker by two shots at the same event in 2007
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Tiger Woods made a late burst to take a three-shot clubhouse lead on the first day of the Quail Hollow Championships in Charlotte.
The 33-year-old, making his first appearance since finishing sixth in the Masters, shot six birdies in his last nine holes for a seven-under-par round.
Fellow Americans Jeff Maggert and Steve Flesch and South Africa's Retief Goosen are in joint second place.
England's Justin Rose, at two over par, is the highest-placed Briton.
World number Woods won the title in 2007 but was unable to defend it last season as he was recovering from knee surgery and Anthony Kim won in his absence.
But after starting on the back nine, Woods transformed his round over the second half of the course to signal his determination to reclaim the trophy.
A trademark run of form saw him pick up shots on 16, 17 and 18 to accelerate away from those already on the course and throw down the gauntlet to those still to tee off.
Ten of the world's top 14 have gathered for the tournament with Kim, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk and Angel Cabrera all hoping to deny Woods.
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