The beginnings of the Patna Golf Club can be traced back to 21st. March 1916 when the Government of the Province of Bihar & Orissa had sanctioned the lease of 165 acres of land west of the Government House to the South Bihar Gymkhana Club. The Formation of the club had been activated among others by Mr. C. S. Bayley who was later to become the Governor of Bihar. The First President and Secretary of the club were Mr. W. Maude and Mr. H. K. Briscoe respectively. The annual rental of the lease was fixed at 8 annas per acre per annum.
The South Bihar Gymkhana Club was envisaged to be a many faceted sports and recreation institution to cover polo. Cricket, tennis, golf etc. and also to serve occasionally as a parade ground for Police and for the guards attached to the Govt. House.
On gaining the lease of the large grassy area, the Britishers penchant for outdoor activities found a convenient outlet. Polo and golf were the principal games that were played in this ground by the English officers who at the time ran the government and such of the anglicized Indians who rubbed shoulders with them. Gradually golf alone remained more or less as a permanent fixture and the South Bihar Gymkhana Club was in time renamed as Patna Golf Club.
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