The great Billy Bremner, of Scotland and Leeds United, once bemoaned yet another ‘near-thing’ for his club in the 1970s with the words, ‘you get naught for being second’.  This week, the newest, perhaps most controversial of golf’s many professional tours is offering $120,000 for coming last. The mind almost boggles; when you hear that Dustin Johnson, a recent world No 1 golfer, has received $100 million to just play on the LIV Tour, it does. ***** In 1981 a number of Irish rugby players chose not to travel to South Africa on an Irish tour. Hugo MacNeill, Tony Ward,…

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