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Cambridge, Cambs CB22 3AB
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Lee Marshall and Chris Driscoll (Senior PGA Professionals).The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open downland. Undulating terrain - several slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Rural countryside, chalk downland.
Designer:
Old course: designed by local professional W. Duncan; subsequent modifications by Willie Park Jr, James Braid, Martin Hawtree, and most recently Martin Ebert (2022).
Wandlebury course: first nine designed by Fred W. Hawtree (1969); second nine by his son Martin Hawtree (1997). Bunker modifications by Martin Ebert (2024).
Above distances are for the Wandlebury course. Also at Gog Magog is the 18-hole Old course (par-70; 6519 yds from back tees; rating 71.1).
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3 miles SE of Cambridge.
Travelling from the south, leave M11 at Jtn 9, direction Newmarket on A11. After 3.5 miles on A11 take A3107 towards Cambridge. After 3.7 miles turn R. at roundabout, direction Cherry Hinton. After 200 metres golf is on your R.
Gog Magog (Wandlebury)
The Gog Magog Golf Club (Wandlebury course): although over 90 years younger than its sibling (the Old course, est. 1901), the Wandlebury gets an equally big thumbs-up from most Gog Magog members. This more modern and more undulating out-and-back design, also plays home to plenty of stylish bunkering. The subtly-sloping excellent-quality greens, often feeling larger than on the Old, are a joy to putt on.
Wandlebury's early and later holes sidle past the Old course, en route to the club's "back section", which lies furthest from the clubhouse. Here the layout's par-5 4th through to the par-3 14th are typically characterised by good-width rolling fairways, which gracefully traverse the undulating terrain.
Several nicely elevated teeing grounds offer good views of the hole ahead, as well as some lovely easterly views across the rolling Cambridgeshire countryside. Lining the fairways is a mix of pleasantly open and tree-lined stretches, which should generally inspire confident hitting from the tee.
Pick of the holes: although few holes standout against the others (unlike the impressive closing stretch on the Old course), a favourite with many members would seem to be Wandlebury's par-5 15th. Local knowledge and a long precise tee-shot down the fairway's leftside are key at this sharply doglegging par-5.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and Sundays (not Weds or Saturday).
Must book in advance. Handicap required.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2026].
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
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The Club takes its name from the Gog Magog Hills, a range of low chalk hills located just southeast of the famed university city of Cambridge. The hills, as well as members of the Club, are often referred to as the "Gogs". The Club's newer course, the Wandlebury, takes its name from Wandlebury Hill, a 75 m "peak" in the Gog Magog Hills.
Some say that Gogmagog was the name of a legendary giant whose lair was in Wandlebury Ring, close to the course. The name Gogmagog (or Gog and Magog, or Gog from Magog) is not however specific to the area; it first appears in the Bible where it is variously applied to individuals, tribes and lands.
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