The middle stretch indeed has glorious sea views, but most holes are inland. There are no dunes within the course, no gorse (when I played it) and the inland parts do not feel like linksland. Make no mistake, it's great turf and the greens are fantastic, it just didn't have that classic links feel to me.
But I don't argue with people, who consider it a true links course. It's just a very unusual course with a different feeling.
Ulrich