PGA Tour commissioner hopes to alter schedule

Jay Monahan has been on the job as commissioner of the PGA Tour for just a few days, but he is already acknowledging a desire to alter the schedule in such a way that would require one of the major championships to move to the spring while the tour's flagship tournament would also change dates.

Monahan, 46, who officially took over for Tim Finchem on Jan. 1, told the Wall Street Journal in his first interview since he was approved to take over in November that he'd ideally like to see the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs wrap up by Labor Day, meaning the PGA Championship and the Players Championship would move to earlier in the year and the season-ending events would not compete for television…