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Ruin shoe on a golf course, finally (8)

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I believe the answer is:

sabotage

'ruin' is the definition.
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'shoe on a golf course finally' is the wordplay.
'shoe' becomes 'sabot' (I've seen this in another clue).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'course' is 'e'.
'sabot'+'a'+'g'+'e'='SABOTAGE'

(Other definitions for sabotage that I've seen before include "Vandalism" , "spoil things" , "Disrupt" , "Scupper" , "Deliberate and malicious destruction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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