Peterson’s 2 eagles carries him to lead at Quail Hollow

John Peterson started his rookie season on the PGA Tour about the time Tiger Woods started to experience back problems. One of them is closer to walking away than the other.

Peterson, the 29-year-old free spirit who has pledged to retire from golf if he doesn’t earn enough money to keep his card in three events, made back-to-back eagles late in the opening round Thursday for a 6-under-par 65 that gave him a two-shot lead in the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte. N.C.

Woods had an unspectacular 71 in his return to Quail Hollow after a six-year absence.

That was before Peterson came to life late in his round. He holed a bunker shot from under 60 feet away on the par-5 seventh hole.