Neal, my dear Neal. I will so miss you during my trip back East as you and I have shared many plastic glasses of wine and I believe your wife was even there on one or more of these occasions. Correct? If it is OK with you I will speak for you in your absence. Please get back with me on that.
Linksland is land located proximal to an open sea, or bay which is connected directly to an open sea, and which possesses the characteristics of naturally rolling sand dunes or land features formed by the wind, the ocean and the receding tides; whether the land is traversed by a river or estuary associated with the land is superfluous and it may be noted that the presence of a river or other tributary or body of water differing from an ocean or sea is in and of itself not justification for land to be called bona fide linksland; land approximating linksland in this event is, in slang, "linksish" in nature, but clearly not true linksland
[From "On Course – A Dictionary of Golf Course terms"]
But, I agree — it doesn't matter. A "Links" is certainly any golf course exhibiting linkish qualities, and I suppose, any golf course by the sea or open body of water which sports the design characteristics of a true linksland course.