Madras Gymkhana Club

Madras Gymkhana Club
Club information
Madras Gymkhana Club is located in Chennai
Madras Gymkhana Club
Coordinates13°04′19″N 80°16′38″E / 13.07207°N 80.27720°E / 13.07207; 80.27720
LocationChennai, India
Established1886; 138 years ago (1886)
Total holes18
Websitewww.madrasgymkhana.com

The Madras Gymkhana Club (MGC) is an elite social club in Chennai, India, which was founded in 1884 to promote sports and social and cultural activities. It owns and operates one of Chennai's two 18-hole golf courses, one of Asia's oldest courses. Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala published The Glory Years,[1] a coffee-table book commemorating the club's 125th anniversary, in 2009.[2]

  1. ^ "Madras Gymkhana Club - The Glory Years". 4 February 2019.
  2. ^ Staff reporter (6 September 2009). "Book records Gymkhana Club's glorious years". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2012.