Thanks so much for this Sean. I have been a member at the Gogs since 1988, when there was the Old Course and a small, tight 9 hole New Course, where most new members (including me) started their memberships: the Gogs of those days was much more of a pink gin sort of club than it is today. The short 6th hole on the New Course was indeed one of the best holes on the entire property, but it has always proved really hard to work it into any routing for the 18 hole Wandlebury course that replaced the New during the 1990s (and which has hosted Open pre-qualifying).
I think Sean's overall assessment is very fair (not least about the rough, especially behind the bunkers). What I would always say is that the Gogs, and especially the Old Course, really comes into its own in winter, which is when I play the large majority of my Gogs golf. Much of the surrounding Cambridgeshire countryside can be under water and the Gogs will still be a super place for a game, with firm, dry fairways and very acceptable greens. The Gogs I joined was ofen a very fast course in summer, but for all sorts of reasons that is no longer the case: indeed a major new irrigation scheme is the current big talking point at the club.
Am hoping to host some GCA friends at the Gogs later this year. Very glad you enjoyed it Sean!