2:12 PM ET ATLANTA — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan is touting the simplicity of the new format that will decide the FedEx Cup champion, even if it goes outside the conventional playing of a golf tournament. And he’s not making any apologies for major championship winners Tiger Woods and Shane Lowry not being at

10:35 AM ET Italy’s Edoardo Molinari’s tweets about slow play in golf prompted the European Tour to change its policy on the speed of play, chief executive Keith Pelley has said. The European Tour announced a four-point plan to tackle slow play on Monday, measures that will be implemented beginning with the 2020 season. 1

6:25 PM ET If Tiger Woods is to be a playing captain at this year’s Presidents Cup in Australia, it will mean a complete buy-in from the eight automatic qualifiers on the team and his assistant captains. Woods said Monday that although the final decision remains his, he won’t participate as a player unless that

8:12 AM ET ATLANTA — The clubhouse at East Lake Golf Club is a shrine to Bobby Jones, the great amateur golfer who honed his game at the Georgia club, accumulating numerous trophies, prizes, mementos and photographs, many of which adorn the walls and hallways. But nearly a year ago, it became Tiger’s place. Tommy

10:43 AM ET Howard University is bringing back its golf teams for the first time in decades — with a big assist from NBA star Stephen Curry. Curry announced Monday that he will financially support the HBCU’s golf teams for the next six years. The Bison plan to have men’s and women’s teams in place

10:20 AM ET MEDINAH, Ill. — The ending played out differently than anyone could have expected. It certainly wasn’t supposed to occur now, not with one more tournament on the schedule, more glory to be pursued. Tiger Woods didn’t figure to be playing his final hole with nothing at stake Sunday, a par putt that

8:49 PM ET Associated Press PINEHURST, N.C. — U.S. Amateur champion Andy Ogletree and runner-up John Augenstein headline the United States’ final seven additions to its Walker Cup team. The seven players were announced Sunday night by the USGA following Ogletree’s 2-and-1 victory in the U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst. Joining Ogletree and Augenstein on the

7:19 PM ET MEDINAH, Ill. — Tiger Woods could potentially have some tough decisions to make when it comes to deciding who will fill out his U.S. Presidents Cup team that will play against an International squad later this year. One of them involves himself. Another involves U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland. Neither player qualified

8:11 PM ET MEDINAH, Ill. — Justin Thomas is as perplexed as anyone as to why he hasn’t won in more than a year. Golf is a difficult game, with its share of peaks and valleys, and numerous other players are grabbing their share of victories. So nothing was ever guaranteed. But Thomas had accumulated

7:29 PM ET Associated Press ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Monday qualifier Doug Barron had a one-stroke lead in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open when lightning forced the suspension of play late in the second round Saturday. Making his second PGA Tour Champions start after turning 50 last month, Barron was 10 under for the tournament playing