The Spaniard’s decision to take the LIV Tour money has echoes of the rebel cricket series in apartheid-era South Africa
Do you know what the England cricketers who plotted the first rebel tour to apartheid South Africa in 1982 called themselves? The Guillotine Squad. Because, as one said later, “it was that kind of atmosphere: head‑on-block”.
That story came to mind last week when Jon Rahm became the latest player to join LIV Golf in a deal reportedly worth upwards of £450m. Although in Saudi Arabia, of course, the fear of a head on a block is horrifyingly real, not a glib punchline.
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