CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charles Johnson never claimed to be Tiger Woods during what has become his annual offseason golf tour, but the Carolina Panthers defensive end does have something in common with golf's former No. 1 player in the world: microdisectomy surgery.
On Tuesday, Carolina's second all-time sack leader had the surgery that is most commonly performed on patients with a herniated disc in the lower back. It is the same surgery that Woods has had twice, so don't look for Johnson to be playing much, if any, golf between now and the start of training camp.