Whether it's fate, or just luck, connections which result in the revelation of something entirely unexpected are often the catalyst of a great story. The mystery of a long-lost links on the windswept Northumbrian coast, designed by one of golf's greatest; a young lad playing with his family in the high, sandy dunes of 1970's Lindisfarne. A string of coincidences that will seem contrived, but made more amazing by the very truth of their connections. To appreciate the full story, we'll start with that young lad playing in the dunes of holy Island, just south of Berwick-upon-Tweed, the northernmost town in England. The Links Diary editor Jamie Darling.