The Sports Personality of the Year is decided by our hearts, not our heads, says Simon Barnes

The DP World Tour season has wrapped up, the PGA Tour is winding down, and everyone is talking about when Tommy Fleetwood will shed his unofficial title as the best player without a Major. But before we get into all that, it’s time to hand out some awards which recognise the weird, the wonderful and the downright absurd stories and moments that made golf so gloriously unpredictable this year. We can’t promise any of these categories will be featured in the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year, but we’re confident that the next seven pages will be far more interesting!

For the first time in 17 years, Tottenham actually won a trophy – a first European trophy since 1984, no less. That they did it in the same season as their lowest league finish for 47 years made it al

Hearts could be about to create more drama in Scottish football and overturn the Old Firm, says Simon Barnes

We’re drawing to the end of what’s been ...

30 years ago, Colin McRae flew, drifted and slid his way from WRC frontrunner to sporting megastar