Kevin, links history? NONE! The closest I have been to playing a links course is walking around the old course. The most notable course I have played would be Terrey Hills G&CC, which I don't think is very good at all. So the context of this trip, it may be possibly the biggest step in quality of courses played by anyone in the history of everything (in a very short amount of time)!
I suppose for the thread I might concentrate more on the people there involved and the adventure (because this is an adventure), with a smattering of course commentary here and there, although I am not one to comment expertly on the courses. I would assume there will be large discussions very soon on Old Mac, so I would rather contribute my thoughts on design to those threads.
I think due to the opportunity I have been given, and the large number of people involved, I would prefer to dedicate the majority of my story to the GCA'ers, as a nice reminder of the special community in which we are all involved. That is my thoughts.