This thread begs the question, if a Mike Keiser-like figure was interested in building/developing a links course in England, where would he start looking for a suitable piece of linksland?
Maybe around Southport but there is very little links land if any in England that would be available. There was a links course that shut down recently but the name escapes me. Buying something like that and remodelling would probably be the best bet.
If I were such a developer I might be inclined to investigate - especially if remoteness were seen as an advantage -
Seaside holiday camps/caravan sites that are in decline (even more so if they had/have a short course/pitch-n-putt on site)
Ex-WWII airfields/firing ranges etc. There are a lot of them all around the coastline many in flattened duneland.
Former munitions factories. These were often built in sand dunes.
There are also some small private clubs in remote area that could be ripe to be 'taken over' and developed (one in Lincolnshire just closed and there's a 9-hole links north of Barrow that allegedly may be going the same way soon).
atb
PS - my commission for anyone adopting such suggestions will be very modest!