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Legends in golf following leader with last of birdies (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

headings

'legends' is the definition.
(legend can mean a heading or title)

'in golf following leader with last of birdies' is the wordplay.
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'leader' becomes 'head' (head is a kind of leader).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'last of' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'birdies' is 's'.
'in'+'g'='ing'
'ing' after 'head' is 'heading'.
'heading'+'s'='HEADINGS'

(Other definitions for headings that I've seen before include "Lines of text at the top of articles" , "Lines at the top of texts" , "Lines of text at the tops of articles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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