links 
(l
ĭngks)
pl.n.1. A golf course.
2. a. Chiefly Scots Relatively flat or undulating sandy turf-covered ground usually along a seashore. Also called linksland.
b. A golf course located on such land or on similarly treeless sandy terrain inland. Also called links course.
[From Middle English link, ridge of land, hill, from Old English hlinc, ridge.]